Ficus yoponensis Desv.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae > Ficus

Characteristics

A perennial monoecious evergreen tree. It grows 35m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 35.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist rain forest and premontane wet forest, where it is common mainly in the younger forest; at elevations from sea level to 1,600 metres, but mainly at 500-1,200 metres. Trees of moist ravines, river edges, and wet forests.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Ficus yoponensis world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Ficus yoponensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853989-1
WFO ID wfo-0000690926
COL ID 6HZDY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ficus yoponensis Ficus finlayana Ficus tobagensis