Ficus variolosa Lindl. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 3-10 m tall. Bark grayish brown, smooth. Branchlet internodes short. Stipules narrowly triangular, ca. 8 mm. Petiole 6-10 mm; leaf blade narrowly elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, 5-12 × 1.5-4 cm, ± leathery, base cuneate, margin entire, apex obtuse to blunt; basal lateral veins 2, short, secondary veins 7-11(-15) on each side of midvein and at almost 90° to midvein. Figs axillary on normal leafy shoots, paired or solitary, globose, 1-1.2 cm in diam., tuberculate, apical pore navel-like, convex; peduncle 0.8-1.2 cm; involucral bracts ovate-triangular, base slightly connate. Male flowers: near apical pore. Gall flowers: ovary globose; style lateral, short. Female flowers: calyx lobes 3 or 4; ovary reniform; style lateral, long, thin. Achenes tuberculate. Fl. Dec-Jun.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality gynodioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 10.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.1
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

Usage

Uses gene source medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Ficus variolosa world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Ficus variolosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853930-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690802
COL ID 6HZPN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ficus langbianensis Ficus variolosa