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West Indian laurel fig or Jamaican cherr
Ficus americana

About
Ficus americana, commonly known as the West Indian laurel fig or Jamaican cherry fig, is a tree in the family Moraceae which is native to the Caribbean, Mexico in the north, through Central and South America south to southern Brazil. It is an introduced species in Florida, USA. The species is variable; the five recognised subspecies were previously placed in a large number of other species.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Ficus americana
- Slug
- ficus-americana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- americana
- Wikidata QID
- Q3585536
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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