Ficus deltoidea Jack

Family

Moraceae

Synonyms

Ficus diversifolia Blume, Ficus lutescens Desf., Ficus motleyana Miq.

Vernacular Names

Geographical Distributions

Ficus deltoidea is distributed in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan) and Sulawesi introduced in Indo-China, India and Pakistan.

Description

Ficus deltoidea is an evergreen epiphyte or small shrub, up to 2 m tall. The leaves are obovate to elliptical or obdeltoid, with a size of 2.5-8 cm x 1.3-7.5 cm. Leaf base is broadly wedge-shaped, blunt to truncate or widely notched apex, rarely pointed, entire margin, white-spotted above, rusty or yellow-olive underneath, the midrib is sometimes forked and stipules are 8-12 mm long.

The figs (fruits) are axillary, solitary or paired, spherical to oblong, 5-10 mm in diametre and they are ripening to orange or red.

The male flowers are dispersed, with 2-3 free tepals and 2 stamens while the female flowers are sessile to subsessile and with 3-4 tepals.

Ecology / Cultivation

It is common in lowlands and mountains, up to 3200 m altitude, generally occurring as an epiphyte, but as a terrestrial bush on sandy shores and mountain tops and bogs.

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1) Cultivation

References

1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No.12(1): Medicinal and poisonous plants 1.