Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ficus rubiginosa Desf. Ex Vent.
Family : MORACEAE
Genus : Ficus
Spanish common name : Higuera de Port Jackson. Higuera herrumbosa.
General distribution : Australiana
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens.
Origen : Austràlia
Location on-campus UIB : Plantat en alineacions a l'aparcament de l'edifici Mateu Orfila, a l'entrada de Cas Jai, etc.
Description : This is a tree, 8-10m high, with a dense, parasol-like crown. The eliptical-ovate leaves, 7-15 x 6 cm, have an obtuse tip and rounded base. They are coriaceous in texture and have a glabrous upper side, except for the young leaves, while the lower side has a dense, rusty-coloured pubescence. The fruits are axillary, sessile, very slightly pedunculate and globular, 1.5 cm in diameter, covered by a rusty-coloured pubescence.
