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(Redirected from Ficus excelsa) Species of fig

Dye fig
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: F. subg. Sycidium
Species: F. tinctoria
Binomial name
Ficus tinctoria
G.Forst.
Synonyms
List
    • Ficus altimeraloo Roxb. ex Miq.
    • Ficus altimeraloo var. laeta (Decne.) Miq.
    • Ficus antoniana Elmer
    • Ficus chlorosykon Rech.
    • Ficus excelsa (Miq.) Miq. nom. illeg.
    • Ficus fenicis Merr.
    • Ficus laeta Decne.
    • Ficus michelii H.Lév.
    • Ficus neoehudarum Summerh.
    • Ficus reticulosa Miq.
    • Ficus swinhoei King
    • Ficus tinctoria var. neoehudarum (Summerh.) Fosberg
    • Ficus tinctoria subsp. swinhoei (King) Corner
    • Ficus tinctoria subsp. tinctoria
    • Ficus validinervis F.Muell. ex Benth.

Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as strangler fig.

It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia, and the South Pacific islands. It grows in moist valleys.

Palms are favorable host species. Root systems of dye fig can come together to be self sustaining but the epiphyte usually falls if the host tree dies or rots away.

In Australia it is recorded as a medium-sized tree with smooth, oval green leaves. It is found often growing in rocky areas or over boulders. The leaves are asymmetrical.

The small rust brown fruit of the dye fig are the source of a red dye used in traditional fabric making in parts of Oceania and Indonesia.

The fruit is also edible and constitute as a major food source in the low-lying atolls of Micronesia and Polynesia.

Subspecies

Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa is an accepted subspecies.

Gallery

  • Leaves and mature fruit Leaves and mature fruit
  • Branch leaf pattern Branch leaf pattern
  • Mature tree Mature tree
  • Fruits, asymmetric leaf with vein offset to one side. Fruits, asymmetric leaf with vein offset to one side.

References

  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Ficus tinctoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T143277299A143295549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T143277299A143295549.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. "The Plant List: F. tinctoria". Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ficus tinctoria". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. "Ficus tinctoria in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  5. Liu W., Wang P., Li J., Liu Wenyao, and Li Hongmei (2014), Plasticity of source‐water acquisition in epiphytic, transitional and terrestrial growth phases of Ficus tinctoria, Ecohydrol., 7; pages 1524–1533, doi:10.1002/eco.1475
  6. Janet Franklin; Gunnar Keppel; W. Arthur Whistler (2008). "The vegetation and flora of Lakeba, Nayau and Aiwa Islands, Central Lau Group, Fiji" (PDF). Micronesica. 40: 169–225. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13.
  7. "Mati - Te Māra Reo". termarareo.org. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  8. "The Plant List: F. tinctoria subsp. gibbosa". Retrieved 22 April 2018.

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