Ficus obtusifolia

Ficus obtusifolia is a species of tree in the family Moraceae. It is found in North and South America.[1]

Ficus obtusifolia
Ficus obtusifolia tree in Samaria, Nicaragua.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. obtusifolia
Binomial name
Ficus obtusifolia
Kunth
Synonyms
  • Ficus bonplandiana (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus chiapensis Lundell
  • Ficus clusiifolia Kunth ex Walp.
  • Ficus floresina Pittier
  • Ficus gardneriana (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus involuta (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus mattogrossensis Standl.
  • Ficus pascuorum Pittier
  • Ficus proctor-cooperi Standl.
  • Urostigma bonplandianum Liebm.
  • Urostigma gardnerianum Miq.
  • Urostigma involutum Liebm.
  • Urostigma obtusifolium (Kunth) Miq.

Description

Trees up to 45 m tall, stranglers or independent; trunks mostly unbuttressed.[2][3] Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, 15–25 cm long.[3] Figs globose, 1.5–3 cm in diameter.[3][2]

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References
  1. Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. pp. 255–256. ISBN 9780123969545.
  2. Burger, C. William (1977). "Flora Costaricensis". Fieldiana. v.40: 172–173.
  3. Croat, Thomas B. (1978). Flora of Barro Colorado Island. Stanford University Press. pp. 354–356. ISBN 9780804709507.


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