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Shortleaf fig
Ficus citrifolia
About
Ficus citrifolia, also known as the shortleaf fig, giant bearded fig or wild banyantree, is a species of banyan native to southern Florida, the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America south to Paraguay. It is distinguished from the closely related Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea) mainly by the finer veining in the leaves.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ficus citrifolia
- Slug
- ficus-citrifolia
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- citrifolia
- Wikidata QID
- Q5446600
- 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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