Ficus vogeliana Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

Tree up to 20 m. tall, with buttresses.. Leafy twigs 3–5 mm. thick, minutely white puberulous and with much longer yellowish to white hairs; periderm flaking off when dry.. Lamina broadly elliptic to obovate or oblong, 5–22 × 2.5–11 cm., apex acuminate, base cordate to subtruncate, margin coarsely dentate to subentire; upper surface scabrous to scabridulous, sparsely, but on the veins more densely, white to yellow hirtellous or hirsute, lower surface white to yellow hirsute, often only on the main veins; lateral veins 5–9 pairs; petiole 0.5–5.5 cm. long, 1–3 mm. thick, minutely white puberulous and with much longer white to yellowish hairs, with epiderm flaking off when dry; stipules 1–2 cm. long, minutely brownish to white puberulous, often also with much longer appressed hairs or sometimes glabrous, subpersistent.. Figs on branched leafless branchlets up to 10 m. long arising from the base of the trunk (and then the figs in the litter underneath the tree) or on usually short branchlets up to the main branches; peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm. long, 1–2 mm. thick; basal bracts 3–5 mm. long.. Receptacle mostly depressed globose, 2–3 cm. diameter when fresh, 1–2 cm. when dry, minutely puberulous to hirtellous, red to orange-red when mature, often with yellowish to white spots.
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A fig. It is a tree. It grows 5-20 m high. The trunk can be 90 cm across. It can have low buttresses. The fruit develop on the trunk. They can also be on branches along or under the ground.
Figs borne on long panicles on the main stem near the base, often with many panicles prostrate on the ground and sometimes rooting
Coarsely brown-hairy on the young branchlets
A forest tree, 15–60 ft. high
Ripe figs russet brown
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 19.14
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Environment

Secondary forest; evergreen forest in moist, swampy or periodically flooded sites (e.g. stream banks); riparian in rain-forest; often planted; at elevations from sea level to 1,200 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in evergreen forests in moist swampy areas in West Africa.
Usually in moist situations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food dye eating environmental use fibre food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits leaves pods
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Cultivation

The pollinating wasp is Ceratosolen acutatus Grandi.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus vogeliana world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Chad, Togo, and Uganda

Conservation status

Ficus vogeliana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853964-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690860
COL ID 6HZBV
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Synonyms

Sycomorus vogeliana Ficus fleuryi Ficus seretii Ficus stellulata Ficus vogeliana