{"id":1317085,"date":"2015-05-01T06:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T06:51:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:26:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T12:56:56","slug":"ficus-rubiginosa","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/ficus-rubiginosa\/","title":{"rendered":"Ficus rubiginosa (Introduced)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ficus<\/i> rubiginosa<\/i> Desf. ex Vent.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>, Jard. Malmaison 144 1805<\/i>. (Syn: Ficus<\/i> australis<\/i> Willd.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Ficus<\/i> baileyana<\/i> Domin<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Ficus<\/i> ferruginea<\/i> Desf.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Ficus<\/i> ferruginea<\/i> Miq.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Ficus<\/i> fulva<\/i> Kunth & C.D.Bouch\u00e9<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; Ficus<\/i> leichhardtii<\/i> (Miq.) Miq.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>\u00a0..; Ficus<\/i> muelleri<\/i> Miq.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Ficus<\/i> novae-walliae<\/i> Dum.Cours.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Ficus<\/i> obliqua<\/i> var.<\/span> petiolaris<\/i> (Benth.) Corner<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>;\u00a0Ficus<\/i> platypoda<\/i> var.<\/span> leichhardtii<\/i> (Miq.) R.J.F.Hend.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>\u00a0….; Ficus<\/i> rubiginosa<\/i> var.<\/span> glabrescens<\/i> F.M.Bailey<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>\u00a0..; Ficus<\/i> shirleyana<\/i> Domin<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>; Urostigma<\/i> leichhardtii<\/i> Miq.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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Ficus rubiginosa<\/i>, the rusty fig<\/b>, Port Jackson fig<\/b>, or little-leaf fig<\/b> (damun<\/i> in the Sydney language<\/font><\/a>) is a species<\/font><\/a> of flowering plant<\/font><\/a> in the family Moraceae<\/font><\/a> that is native<\/font><\/a> to eastern Australia. It is a banyan<\/font><\/a> of the genus Ficus<\/font><\/a><\/i> which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the common fig<\/font><\/a> (Ficus carica<\/i>).<\/div>\n

Ficus rubiginosa<\/i> forms a spreading densely shading tree when mature, and may reach 30 m (98 ft) in height, although it rarely exceeds 10 m (33 ft) in the Sydney region.[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup> The trunk is buttressed and can reach 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in diameter, and the bark is yellow-brown.[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup> Its ovate to oval-shaped leaves are 6\u201310 cm (2\u20134 in) long on 1\u20134 cm (0.4-1.6 in) petioles. Often growing in pairs, the figs are yellow ripening to red in colour, tipped with a small nipple and on a 2\u20135 mm stalk.[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup> Fruit ripen throughout the year, although there is a preponderance in spring and summer.[<\/span>2]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
It closely resembles its relative the Moreton Bay fig (F. macrophylla<\/a><\/i>). Having similar ranges in the wild they are often confused. The smaller leaves, shorter fruit stalks, and rusty colour of the undersides of the leaves of the Port Jackson fig are the easiest distinguishing features.[<\/span>1]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup> It is also confused with the small-leaved fig (F. obliqua<\/a><\/i>), the synconia of which are smaller, measuring 4.3\u201311.9 mm long and 4.4\u201311.0 mm in diameter, compared with 7.4\u201317.3 mm long and 7.6\u201317.3 mm diameter for F. rubiginosa<\/i>.[<\/span>3]<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
In tropical and humid climates, the lower branches of the Port Jackson fig may form aerial roots which strike root upon reaching to the ground, forming secondary root systems. This process is known as banyaning<\/i> after the <\/font>banyan<\/font><\/a> tree of which it is a characteristic.<\/font><\/div>\n
(From Wikipedia<\/font><\/a>\u00a0on 1.5.15)<\/div>\n
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Jijamata Udyan, Apr 2015 :: Requesting ID of this ficus :: ARKAPR-06\/06<\/a> :\u00a03 posts by 2 authors. Attachments<\/span> (5<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Please ID this ficus captured at Jijamata Udyan<\/font>, Mumbai <\/font>in Apr 2015.<\/font><\/div>\n
The name on the placard says F. rubiginosa<\/i>, kindly validate.<\/p>\n
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Ficus<\/i>\u00a0rubiginosa<\/i>\u00a0Desf. ex Vent.<\/span><\/span>
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(Since specimen images are in vegetative stage, leaves leathery resemble more like F. microcarpa<\/i>\u00a0slightly more acuminate, clustered at tip of branches and bears pedunculate receptacles<\/font>).<\/p>\n
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Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Vent., Jard. Malmaison 144 1805. (Syn: Ficus australis Willd.; Ficus baileyana Domin; Ficus ferruginea Desf.; Ficus ferruginea Miq.; Ficus fulva Kunth & C.D.Bouch\u00e9 [Illegitimate]; Ficus leichhardtii (Miq.) Miq.\u00a0..; Ficus muelleri Miq.; Ficus novae-walliae Dum.Cours.; Ficus obliqua var. petiolaris (Benth.) Corner;\u00a0Ficus platypoda var. leichhardtii (Miq.) R.J.F.Hend.\u00a0….; Ficus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5275],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1317085","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-ficus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1317085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1317085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1317085"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1317085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}