Ficus salomonensis (Family Moraceae; and commonly called "Roroketa") of the Solomon Islands[1] is a palm-like sparingly branching mesocaul rainforest tree to about 26 feet (eight meters) in height. The main trunk and each branch of juvenile trees is topped by a rosette of huge leaves which are entire (undivided and unlobed) oblanceolate in form and up to 200 centimeters (6.5 feet) in length by 60 cm (2 feet) wide[2] The adult trees have leaves up to 80 centimeters (32 inches) long by 30 cm (12 inches) in width.[3] The fruit (syconia) are borne in clusters mostly on the trunk (cauliflory).[4] It was discovered in 1912 but was not seen again until 1961 when it was re-discovered by E. J. H. Corner.[5]
| Roroketa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. salomonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ficus salomonensis Rech. 1912
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References
edit- ^ "Ficus salomonensis Rech". Kew Science - Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ Corner, E.J.H. (1967). "Ficus in the Solomon Islands and its bearing on the post-jurassic history of Melanesia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 253 (783): 23–159. doi:10.1098/rstb.1967.0033. ISSN 2054-0280.
- ^ Exotic Plant (pseudonym) (November 17, 2014). "Ficus Salomonensis". Retrieved September 29, 2021.
- ^ Corner Op.Cit.
- ^ Condit, Ira J. Ph.D. (1969). Ficus - The Exotic Species. Davis, California: Univ. of Calif. Division of Agric. Sciences. p. 29.