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Ficus caulocarpa (Miq.) Miq. (大葉雀榕)

Introduction
Scientific Name:Ficus caulocarpa (Miq.) Miq.
Family:Moraceae
life form:Tree
Other:Twining with milky juice

 

Habitats and Distribution
Taiwan Island, Lutao and Lanyu Island

 

 

Life Form
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, deciduous, oblong, 15-20 cm long, lateral primary veins 9-10 pairs; petioles 2-4 cm long; stipules connate, caducous.



Flowers
Monoecious, hypanthodium outside with cannulate receptacle wall with a hole, with mostly bract inside.



Fruit
Syconium 0.5-0.8 cm; stalks 0.5-0.7 cm long.

 

Microcharacteristic
Tissue Section

 

 

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