Ficus lutea Vahl 1805

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia; Subsection: Galoglychia)

B-phase

Biology

Pollinator: Allotriozoon heterandromorphum Grandi

Habitat

In forest or savanna, along rivers in marshy areas, often planted.

Description

(after Berg in Berg & Wiebes 1992)

Biological form

tree up to 20 m tall, terrestrial

Leaves

shape & colour

elliptic to oblong, coriaceous, apex shortly acuminate, base obtuse, both surface glabrous or minutely puberulous

size

7-25 x 3-12 cm

lateral veins

6-8 pairs, basal pair reaching margin far below the middle of the lamina

petiole

2-13 cm long, glabrous or white pilose

Stipules

0.5-2.5 cm (flush up to 12 cm) long, white to maroon puberulous, caducous

Figs

position

in pairs or up to 4 in the leaf axils

shape

(sub)globose, Æ 1-2.5 cm (fresh), puberulous

peduncle

none, fig sessile

basal bracts

3-6 mm long, persistent

Links

More information (link to PlantzAfrica web site)

Credits

Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus and Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town)

Web editing: Aisha Mayekiso

Web page development and text by Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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