Ficus vitiensis Seem.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A fig. It is a shrub or slender tree. It grows 1-20 m high. It has white latex. The trunk is about 35 cm across. The figs are green but become yellow s they ripen. They are 5 cm across. They can be near the leaves or on the trunks and branches. They can be in clusters 15 cm across. The figs occur throughout the year.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 6.5 - 16.0
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Environment

Often locally abundant as a shrub or small tree in open grassland, hillside thickets, and patches of dry forest in open areas; frequently also found as a larger tree in denser forest, sometimes on creek banks; at elevations up to 850 metres.
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A tropical plant. In Fiji it grows from sea level to 850 m altitude. It grows in open grassland and dry forest.
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Usage

The figs are eaten.
Uses fiber medicinal wood
Edible fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Unconsciousness (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus vitiensis world distribution map, present in Fiji

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853962-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690855
COL ID 6HZC9
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Synonyms

Ficus vitiensis Ficus harveyi