Moreton Bay Fig
Ficus macrophylla
Summary 6
Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay Fig, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Moraceae family that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland (17° S) in the north to the Illawarra (34° S) in New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island. Its common name is derived from Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is best known for its beautiful buttress roots.
Description 7
A large tree, upto 20 m or more tall in its native home. Leaves with 234 (-8) cm long petiole; lamina thick, ovate-elliptic to oblong, 15-25 cm long, 7. 5.12 cm broad, rounded or ± cuneate at the base, margins entire, apex obtuse-acute, glabrous and glossy above, silvery to rusty dotted beneath; distinct lateral nerves 10-20 pairs, parallel, intercostals present; stipules showy, 5-10 cm long, acute. Hypanthodia in an axillary group of 34, on short, thick peduncles globular or ± pyriform, 1.5-2 cm in diameter, subtended by 3 basal bracts. Male flowers: ostiolar and mixed with female; sepals 3; stamen solitary. Female flowers: sepals 4-5; ovary ovoid, style lateral, stigma elongate-acute. Figs pyriform-globular, c. 2.5 cm in diam., dark reddish-brown to purple, with pale spots,
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Forest & Kim Starr, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://www.biolib.cz/IMG/GAL/49924.jpg
- (c) Chris Cook, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Chris Cook
- (c) Forest & Kim Starr, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Starr_000501-1307_Ficus_macrophylla.jpg
- (c) Jeanette Vong, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), subido por Jeanette Vong
- (c) Font del Vi, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/font_del_vi/3639215981/
- Adaptado por earthwatchtrees del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_macrophylla
- (c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/4940279
Más información
- NaturaLista página del taxón
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
