Difference between revisions of "Ficus citrifolia"
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|name=Ficus brevifolia | |name=Ficus brevifolia | ||
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|name=Ficus laevigata | |name=Ficus laevigata | ||
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|name=Ficus laevigata var. brevifolia | |name=Ficus laevigata var. brevifolia | ||
|authority=(Nuttall) D'Arcy | |authority=(Nuttall) D'Arcy | ||
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|name=Ficus populifolia | |name=Ficus populifolia | ||
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|name=Ficus populnea var. floridana | |name=Ficus populnea var. floridana | ||
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|name=Ficus populnea var. brevifolia | |name=Ficus populnea var. brevifolia | ||
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|elevation=0-10 m | |elevation=0-10 m | ||
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. | |distribution=Fla.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America. | ||
| − | |discussion=<p>Ficus citrifolia is the large and graceful banyan tree that is planted for shade around verandas.</p> | + | |discussion=<p><i>Ficus citrifolia</i> is the large and graceful banyan tree that is planted for shade around verandas.</p> |
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|genus=Ficus | |genus=Ficus | ||
|species=Ficus citrifolia | |species=Ficus citrifolia | ||
Revision as of 17:14, 18 September 2019
Shrubs or trees, evergreen, to 15 m. Roots adventitious, aerial, hanging. Bark brownish, smooth. Branchlets grayish, glabrous or sparingly pubescent. Leaves: stipules 0.5-2 cm, glabrous; petiole (0.7-)1.5-6 cm. Leaf blade ovate to elliptic or obovate, 3-14 × 1.5-8 cm, nearly leathery, base usually cordate or rounded to obtuse, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute or acuminate; surfaces abaxially and adaxially glabrous; basal veins 1(-2) pairs; lateral veins fewer than 10, if more than 10, not uniformly spaced. Syconia solitary or paired, pedunculate, yellow or red, spotted, globose to globose-ovoid, 8-18 mm diam., glabrous; peduncles to ca. 15 mm; subtending bracts 2, shortly connate, deltate or broadly rounded, 2-3 mm wide, glabrous or puberulent; ostiole subtended by 3 bracts, bracts ovate, ca. 1 × 2-3 mm, slightly umbonate.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Tropical hammocks
Elevation: 0-10 m
Distribution
Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America.
Discussion
Ficus citrifolia is the large and graceful banyan tree that is planted for shade around verandas.
Selected References
None.