Ficus pertusa
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Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Ficus |
Subgenus: | F. subg. Urostigma |
Species: | F. pertusa
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Binomial name | |
Ficus pertusa L.f.
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Ficus pertusa is a species of tree in the Mulberry Family (Moraceae). It is found in Mexico and Central and South America.[2][3]
Description
Trees up to 25 m (82 feet) tall.[3] Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, with acuminate or acute apex.[3] Figs edible, globose, 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter.[3] A curiosity of its growth is that, according to Condit, its roots, when they reach another tree, can grow up the trunk as much as forty feet (twelve meters).[4]
References
- ↑ Cornejo-Tenorio, G.; Ibarra-Manríquez, G. (2019). "Ficus pertusa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61886132A61886134. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T61886132A61886134.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780123969545.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Felger, Richard; Johnson, Matthew; Wilson, Michael (2001). The Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 249. ISBN 9780199761272.
- ↑ Condit, Ira J. (1969). Ficus - The Exotic Species. Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. Calif. Division of Agric. Sciences.
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