Ficus asperifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Ficus |
Species: | F. asperifolia
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Ficus asperifolia | |
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Ficus asperifolia is a species of shrub or small sized gynodioecious fig tree belonging to the family Moraceae. [1] [2] It grows up to 6 m high and often has climbing branches. [3]
Leaves of the species are elliptical to obovate in shape, up to 20 cm long and 8 cm wide, apex is long and acuminate while base is cuneate to obtusely rounded. [4] Leaves commonly have stipules; petiole is up to 1 cm long and margin tends to be lobed or dentate. [4] Peduncles, 2-15 mm long, the figs are orange to purplish red, up to 2 cm in diameter and globular in shape; figs are sometimes paired or single on leaf axils. [4] [5]
Ficus asperifolia occurs in Senegal westwards to Sudan and Kenya and southwards to Zambia. [1] It is found in savannahs and edges of gallery forests. [5]
In Cameroon dried fruit of the species are used in traditional medine to treate infertility, [1] extracts of the species are also used to aid the wound healing process.
Ficus asperifolia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Ficus |
Species: | F. asperifolia
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Binomial name | |
Ficus asperifolia | |
Synonyms | |
List
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Ficus asperifolia is a species of shrub or small sized gynodioecious fig tree belonging to the family Moraceae. [1] [2] It grows up to 6 m high and often has climbing branches. [3]
Leaves of the species are elliptical to obovate in shape, up to 20 cm long and 8 cm wide, apex is long and acuminate while base is cuneate to obtusely rounded. [4] Leaves commonly have stipules; petiole is up to 1 cm long and margin tends to be lobed or dentate. [4] Peduncles, 2-15 mm long, the figs are orange to purplish red, up to 2 cm in diameter and globular in shape; figs are sometimes paired or single on leaf axils. [4] [5]
Ficus asperifolia occurs in Senegal westwards to Sudan and Kenya and southwards to Zambia. [1] It is found in savannahs and edges of gallery forests. [5]
In Cameroon dried fruit of the species are used in traditional medine to treate infertility, [1] extracts of the species are also used to aid the wound healing process.