Ficus umbellata Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A strangling fig. It grows attached to other plants It can become a tree 12 m high. The trunk is short and has several branches. The figs are scattered along the branches. The leaves are wavy along the edge.
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Figs green with pale spots, borne in clusters on the branches away from the leaves.
Leaves with prominent bifurcating lateral nerves
Stout glabrous branchlets
A tree 20–40 ft. high
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.1 - 12.19
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the dense evergreen forest and in dry wooded savannah. It grows at low altitudes.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

The pollinating wasp is Courtella medleri (Wiebes).
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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Images

Leaf

Ficus umbellata leaf picture by alonge samiat (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Ficus umbellata world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo

Conservation status

Ficus umbellata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853903-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690742
COL ID 6HZNJ
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Synonyms

Ficus tuberculosa Ficus umbellata Ficus megalodisca