Ficus gomelleira

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Ficus gomelleira
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. gomelleira
Binomial name
Ficus gomelleira
Kunth & Bouché
Synonyms [2]
  • Urostigma gomelleira (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
  • Ficus acarouaniensis Benoist
  • Ficus doliaria (Miq.) Mart.
  • Ficus fulvistipulaWarb. ex Glaz.
  • Ficus schultesii Dugand
  • Urostigma doliarium Miq.

Ficus gomelleira is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Moraceae . [2] [3] This species is monoecious.[ citation needed ]

Contents

Through the 1950s to the 1990s this species was widely viewed as the iroko tree. [4]

The tree can have a size up to 40 m, with a diameter that can reach up to 150 cm or more. [5]

Names

The species goes by several common names. In Peru it is called Ojé Renaco, Renaco, or Ojé, while in Brazil it is called Caxinguba, Figuier, or Figueira. [5]

Occurrence

The species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Morales M, P.A.; Lopez-Gallego, C. (2024). "Ficus gomelleira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T179289539A226182305. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T179289539A226182305.es . Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ficus gomelleira Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ficus gomelleira Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ Voeks, Robert; Rashford, John (2012-09-25). African Ethnobotany in the Americas. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN   978-1-4614-0836-9.
  5. 1 2 "Caxinguba (Ficus schultesii)". ITTO. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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