| Genus | Ficus |
|---|---|
| Species | semicordata |
| Common Name | semicordata |
| Description | Download the RNA-Seq raw fastq sequences Download the RNA-Seq assembled sequences and annotation Related analysis: Ficus semicordata, commonly known as the drooping fig, is a small to medium-sized fodder tree of genus Ficus. It bears edible fruit. The figs on the lower part of the leafless branches may develop in leaf litter and humus, and be buried in the surface of the soil, where the seeds germinate. Otherwise birds and other animals distribute the seeds. Ficus semicordata is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. Trees, 3-10 m tall, d.b.h. 15-25 cm, crown flat, spreading and umbrellalike. Bark gray, smooth. Branchlets white or brown pubescent. Stipules red, lanceolate, 2-3.5 cm, membranous, subglabrous. Leaves distichous; petiole thick, 5-10 mm, densely covered with stiff hairs; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate, strongly asymmetric, 18-28 × 9-11 cm, papery, abaxially densely covered with stiff short hairs and small yellowish brown convex spots, adaxially coarse with stiff hairs on veins, base obliquely cordate on one side and auriculate on other side, margin with small teeth or entire, apex acuminate; basal lateral veins 3 or 4 on auriculate side of leaf blade, and extending into auriculate base, secondary veins 10-14 on each side of midvein. Figs on pendulous, eventually prostrate, leafless branchlets, ± underground at maturity, solitary, reddish purple when mature, globose, 1-1.5 cm in diam., stiffly hairy; peduncle 5-10 mm; involucral bracts pubescent; lateral bracts present. Male flowers: near apical pore; calyx lobes 3, red, oblanceolate, longer than stamens; stamens (1 or)2; filaments short; anthers white. Gall flowers: calyx lobes 4 or 5, linear-lanceolate; style lateral, short. Female flowers: basal bracteole 1; calyx lobes 4 or 5; ovary ovoid-ellipsoid; style lateral, long; stigma cylindric, shallowly 2-lobed. Achenes broadly ovoid, apically slightly concave on one side, with ± small tubercles. Fl. May-Oct. |
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Ficus semicordata
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