Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Ficus virens Aiton
Family : MORACEAE
Genus : Ficus
General distribution : Asia
Life-forms : Macrophanerophyte.
Habitat : Gardens.
Origen : Pakistan, Índia, Ceilan i Xina.
Location on-campus UIB : Entrada principal a la Residència Bartolomeu Rosselló Porcel.
Description : A tree reaching up to 9m in height with hanging branches; it often has aerial roots and light grey bark. The leaves are 17cm long by 7.5cm wide, shaped between eliptical and oval, quite acuminate with a long, narrow tip, broadly rounded or truncated at the base; the margin is entire or slightly wavy with 8-11 lateral veins. The petiole can measure 5-10cm, without hairs, narrow and slightly grooved. The fruits generally form at the end of the leaves, in pairs, spherical, often slightly flattened, 7-11mm in diameter, ranging in colour from light green to white, tinged with red.
