Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Miq.) C.C.Berg, Kew Bull. 43: 88 1988. (Syn: Ficus brevipedicellata De Wild.; Ficus chrysocerasus Welw. ex Warb.; Ficus excentrica Warb.; Ficus furcata Warb.; Ficus leprieurii Miq. .; Ficus triangularis Warb.); . Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Guinea-Bissau, Gabon, Central African Republic, Angola, Benin, etc. as per Catalogue of Life; . Natal Fig is a short fig tree, cultivated as a shrub, reaching around 3 m tall. It has triangular (rarely obovate), thick, bright green leaves. It produces yellow figs that are eaten by birds. The species name natalensis refers to the plants origin in Natal, a province in east South Africa. It´s a very similar plant, possibly closely related to Ficus deltoidea (Delta Fig). They share the same leaf shape and round, yellow figs. An interesting feature of the Natal Fig is that the mid vein of the leaf forks just before reaching the tip. More. 4 images. A potted plant around 3-4 feet in height. Name given was ‘Ficus panda’. Kindly confirm id. Ficus natalensis (the triangle leaf fig) i suppose… Ficus triangularis My question is both the species of Ficus stated above has triangle leaf This does look like Ficus triangularis to me. … this is Ficus natalensis!! After checking on Google search, none of the pictures shown resemble Ficus natalensis. … please look at the stalk of fruit. It is much longer in traingularis and shorter in natalensis. I too think that this is F. natalensis Further, this would be a subspecies of F. natalensis, as … pointed out ie. Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Miq.) C.C.Berg. If so, F triangularis is a synonym of Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Miq.) C.C.Berg. Requesting ID of this plant – Jijamata Udyan Flower Show 2014 – Feb 2014 :: 01032014 :: ARK-01 : Attachments (2). 6 posts by 2 authors. Ficus triangularis Thank you … for ID….. Is it Ficus natalensis ssp. leprieurii?? I don’t think so. There seems to be some confusion……. The plant list lists Ficus triangularis as a synonym of Ficus natalensis ssp. leprieurii….. Ficus triangularis is not an accepted name… Id of Tree -ID13072020SH1 -Ficus Sp.? : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)- 1 mb. Tree for id pl. Maybe one of the Ficus Species.?? Location -BPT Garden, Mumbai Date – April 2011 Ficus deltoidea Jack ! I think Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii rather than Ficus deltoidea as per images and details herein. .
There seems to be some confusion with the Species name. … had posted a similar one from Flower Show. Ficus triangularis suggested by … Full scientific name: Ficus natalensis subspecies leprieuri, also known as Ficus triangularis variegata as per toptropicals.com: Item no. 6598 . 131224PKD3: Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on December 24: 5 high res. images. Reposting again as clubbed in the same thread due to exactly the same subject. Requesting Prabhat ji to pl. post with slightly different subjects in the mail. Please check Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Miq.) C.C.Berg . References: |
Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii (Cultivated)
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