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Ficus lyrata

Warb. (1894)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Genus: Ficus

fiddle leaf fig

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 172 (1894)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ficus lyrata UH Manoa Campus, Honolulu, by Farrington Hall. Preserved_Specimen Foliage deep grn; fruits grn w. paler, indented areas. Large tree w/ rough, deep green leaves, milky sap. Fruit green w/ paler indented areas. Herbst, D.R. 634 Oahu BISH 1967-10-06
2 Ficus lyrata Lihue District. Parking lot of Vidinha Stadium. Cultivated urban landscape Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 m tall with 4 erect trunks to 50 cm dbh, slightly buttressed at base, bark smooth gray, no adventitious roots. Lvs. Glossy medium green above w yellow venation, stipules paired, dark brown, latex thin, milky. Fallen figs subglobose, brown-green, 2.5-3 cm diam. Lorence, D.H. 10398 Kauai BISH 2013-06-14
3 Ficus lyrata Honolulu, UH Campus Preserved_Specimen Fruit green. Hudson, L.G. Oahu BISH 1944-11-14
4 Ficus lyrata UH, near Farrington Hall, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1941-02-12
5 Ficus lyrata Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 61100 Oahu BISH 1961-10-18
6 Ficus lyrata Wailua, Side of Hwy 580. Across the hwy from the University of Hawaii Wailua Experiment Station fence. Back from the Wailua Reservior. Collected as part of KISC 2007 Early Detection Roadside Survey Secondary vegetation. W/ Cinnamomum verum, Schefflera arboricola, S. actinophylla, Chrysophyllum oliviforme, Casuarina sp., Albizia falcataria, Spathodea campanulata, Clidemia hirta, Psidium guajava, Panicum maximum, Synogo Preserved_Specimen Naturalized? Big dk-green leaves w/ brown papery stipules Tangalin, N. 1280 Kauai BISH 2007-05-24
7 Ficus lyrata UH Campus, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Krajina, V.J. 61100 Oahu BISH 1961-10-18
8 Ficus lyrata Koolau Mountain Range: Manoa Valley: University of Hawaii Manoa Campus; by Farrington Hall Cultivated Preserved_Specimen Tree. Herbst, D.R. 634 Oahu BISH 1967-10-06
9 Ficus lyrata Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus; mountain side of the East-West Center In full sun. Preserved_Specimen Tree 8m ht, milky latex. Lau, J. 1228 Oahu BISH 1985-07-18
10 Ficus lyrata Koloa District; Kalaheo, Pali Kai Apartments, 4370 Kalaheo Dr Along parking areas. Preserved_Specimen Tree of 20ft; bark peeling in thin, papery layers; lvs glossy med to drk grn above with pale yellow veins, below dull pale grn with raised, faintly reddish tinged veins; fruit sessile, paired, faintly glossy, med grn with pale grn lenticels. Flynn, T.W. 6723 Kauai BISH 2000-05-25
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