familyMoraceae
genusFicus
speciesFicus citrifolia

Ficus citrifolia

Miller

Gard. Dict. ed. 8. 1768.

Richard P. Wunderlin
Common names: Wild banyan tree
Synonyms: Ficus brevifolia Nuttall Ficus laevigata Vahl Ficus laevigata var. brevifolia (Nuttall) D'Arcy Ficus populifolia Willdenow Ficus populnea var. floridana E. Warburg Ficus populnea var. brevifolia (Nuttall) E. Warburg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

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

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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.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
1-2-locular +
Apex shape
obtuse +  and acute or acuminate +
Author
Richard P. Wunderlin +
Authority
Miller +
Bark architecture or pubescence or relief
smooth +
Bark coloration
brownish +
Basal vein architecture
palmate +
Basal vein atypical quantity
1 (2) +
Basal vein quantity
1 (?) +
Base shape
rounded;obtuse +
Bract length
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Bract quantity
3 +
Bract shape
umbonate +  and ovate +
Bract width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Branchlet coloration
Grayish (?) +
Branchlet pubescence
pubescent +  and glabrous +
Bud architecture
naked +
Calyx lobe fusion
connate +
Calyx lobe quantity
4 +
Common name
Wild banyan tree +
Cystolith presence
absent +
Distribution
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +  and South America +
Elevation
0-10 m +
Flower architecture
sessile +, pistillate +, pedicellate +  and staminate +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Flower size
small +
Fruit quantity
multiple +
Habitat
Tropical hammocks +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
John Myers +
Inflorescence size
small +
Inner receptacle shape
fruitlike +
Inner receptacle texture
fleshy +
Lateral-vein arrangement
spaced +
Lateral-vein quantity
0 (10) +
Leaf-blade architecture
palmate +  and pinnate +
Leaf-blade architecture or shape
with 3-5 basal palmate veins +  and pinnate +
Leaf-blade length
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
Leaf-blade shape
ovate +  and elliptic or obovate +
Leaf-blade texture
leathery +
Leaf-blade width
1.5cm;8cm +
Leaf architecture
monomorphic +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
lobed +, toothed +  and entire +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary position
inferior +  and superior +
Ovary quantity
1 +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Peduncle fusion
connate +
Peduncle pubescence
puberulent +  and glabrous +
Peduncle quantity
2 +
Peduncle shape
rounded +  and deltate +
Peduncle some measurement
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Peduncle width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
Petiole architecture
grooved +
Petiole atypical some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Petiole some measurement
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering spring–summer. +
Pistil architecture
1-2-carpellate +
Pistil quantity
1 +
Publication title
Gard. Dict. ed. +
Publication year
1768 +
Receptacle quantity
common +
Receptacle shape
flask--shaped +
Receptacle size
enlarged +
Receptacle texture
fleshy +
Reference
None +
Root derivation
adventitious +
Root location
aerial +
Root orientation
hanging +
Sap coloration
milky +
Scale size
small +
Sepal fusion
connate +  and distinct +
Sepal quantity
2 +  and 6 +
Source xml
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Stamen course
straight +
Stamen orientation
inflexed +
Stamen quantity
1 +  and 2 +
Stamen variability
equal +
Stigma architecture or shape
entire +
Stigma quantity
1;2 +
Stipule duration
caducous +
Stipule fusion
fused +
Stipule presence
absent +
Stipule pubescence
glabrous +
Stipule some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Style-branch quantity
1 (2) +
Style architecture
unbranched +
Style position
lateral +
Surface pubescence
glabrous +
Syconium architecture
pedunculate +
Syconium arrangement
paired +  and solitary +
Syconium coloration
spotted +, red +  and yellow +
Syconium diameter
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
Syconium pubescence
glabrous +
Syconium shape
globose +  and globose-ovoid +
Synonyms
Ficus brevifolia +, Ficus laevigata +, Ficus laevigata var. brevifolia +, Ficus populifolia +, Ficus populnea var. floridana +  and Ficus populnea var. brevifolia +
Taxon family
Moraceae +
Taxon name
Ficus citrifolia +
Taxon parent
Ficus +
Taxon rank
species +
Torus shape
flattened +
Volume
Volume 3 +
Whole organism duration
evergreen +
Whole organism growth form
tree +  and shrub +
Whole organism habitat
epiphytic +
Whole organism some measurement
0m (15m) +
Whole organism texture
woody +
X chromosome quantity
13 +