Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Ficus henneana Miq.
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Figs and leaves. © CSIRO
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Fig, side view and cross section. © W. T. Cooper
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. © CSIRO
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
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Female flowers. © CSIRO
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Male flowers, side view. © CSIRO
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Gall flowers & female flowers. © CSIRO
Family
Common name
Fig, Sea; Fig Tree; Sea Fig; Fig, Sand; Sand Fig; Fig, Deciduous; Superb Fig; Fig; Deciduous Fig; Fig, Superb
Stem
A strangling fig.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Figs pedunculate, globular, about 17-25 x 17-25 mm. Orifice closed by interlocking apical and inflexed bracts.
Seedlings
Cotyledons orbicular about 2-3 mm diam. First few pairs of leaves obscurely toothed. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade lanceolate or ovate, apex acute, base cordate, margins smooth, glabrous; oil dots very small, sometimes visible with a lens; petiole and stem glabrous; stipules sheathing the terminal bud, glabrous. Stem and/or taproot somewhat swollen. Seed germination time 12 to 64 days.
Distribution and Ecology
Synonyms
Ficus superba var. henneana (Miq.) Corner, The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 17: 376(1960). Ficus pritzelii Warb., Repertorium Novarum Specierum Regni Vegetabilis 1: 74(1905), Type: Queensland: Barron River, Diels 8371, 22. Mai 1902. Ficus gracilipes F.M.Bailey, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock Bulletin 9. Botany Bulletin 3: 16(1891), Type: Qld, Brookfield, A. Exley; holo: BRI. Ficus parkinsonii Hiern, The Journal of Botany 39: 1(1901), Type: This plant was collected by Banks, 23rd August, 1770. Booby Island Torres Strait, 10 deg 37 S. lat., 140 deg 50E.
RFK Code
730
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