Ficus pertusa is a species of tree in the Mulberry Family (Moraceae). It is found in Mexico and Central and South America.[2][3]

Ficus pertusa
Branchlet with leaves.
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
Binomial name
Ficus pertusa
L.f.
Synonyms
  • Ficus arbutifolia Pers.
  • Ficus arpazusa Casar.
  • Ficus baccata (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus cerasifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Ficus cerasifolia Kunth & Bouché
  • Ficus ciliolosa Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Ficus complicata Kunth
  • Ficus consanguinea Kunth & Bouché
  • Ficus daphniphylla Miq.
  • Ficus elliptica (Herzog) Herter
  • Ficus erythrosticta (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus fadyeni Miq.
  • Ficus fasciculata S.Watson
  • Ficus faydeni Miq.
  • Ficus garcesii Dugand
  • Ficus gardeniifolia Miq.
  • Ficus gemina (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus grabhamii Britton ex Fawc. & Rendle
  • Ficus halliana Britton ex Fawc. & Rendle
  • Ficus ibapohi Orb. ex Rojas Acosta
  • Ficus immersa Warb. ex Glaz.
  • Ficus kanukuensis Standl.
  • Ficus lancifolia Hook. & Arn.
  • Ficus morantensis Britton ex Fawc. & Rendle
  • Ficus myrtifolia Link
  • Ficus ochroleuca Griseb.
  • Ficus padifolia Kunth
  • Ficus palmicida Pittier
  • Ficus periplocaefolia Kunth & Bouché
  • Ficus peruviana (Miq.) Rossberg
  • Ficus planicostata Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Ficus polypus Schiede ex Miq.
  • Ficus populnea f. planicostata (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Warb.
  • Ficus prinoides var. subtriplinervia (Mart.) Kuntze
  • Ficus prinoides var. subtriplinervia (Mart.) Hassl.
  • Ficus radicans Casar.
  • Ficus rolandri (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus sapida (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus sonorae S.Watson
  • Ficus subtriplinervia Mart.
  • Ficus sulcipes (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus tapajozensis Standl.
  • Ficus tarapotina Warb.
  • Ficus trachelosyce Dugand
  • Ficus turbinata (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Pharmacosycea laurifolia Miq.
  • Pharmacosycea peruviana Miq.
  • Urostigma baccatum Liebm.
  • Urostigma cestrifolium var. major Miq.
  • Urostigma complicatum (Kunth) Liebm.
  • Urostigma erythrostictum Miq.
  • Urostigma geminum Miq.
  • Urostigma lancifolium Miq.
  • Urostigma liebmannianum Miq.
  • Urostigma padifolium (Kunth) Liebm.
  • Urostigma pertusum (L.f.) Miq.
  • Urostigma planicostatum Miq.
  • Urostigma populneum f. mexicanum Miq.
  • Urostigma rolandri Liebm.
  • Urostigma sapidum Liebm.
  • Urostigma schiedeanum Miq.
  • Urostigma subtriplinervium (Mart.) Miq.
  • Urostigma subtriplinervium f. ellipticum Herzog
  • Urostigma subtriplinervium f. major Miq.
  • Urostigma subtriplinervium f. majus Miq.
  • Urostigma sulcipes Miq.
  • Urostigma turbinatum Liebm.

Description

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Grandtner, M. M.; Chevrette, Julien (2013). Dictionary of Trees, Volume 2: South America: Nomenclature, Taxonomy and Ecology. Academic Press. p. 256. ISBN 9780123969545.
  3. ^ a b c d Felger, Richard; Johnson, Matthew; Wilson, Michael (2001). The Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 249. ISBN 9780199761272.
  4. ^ Condit, Ira J. (1969). Ficus - The Exotic Species. Berkeley, Calif.: Univ. Calif. Division of Agric. Sciences.