Biology:Ficus tinctoria
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Subgenus: | F. subg. Sycidium |
| Species: | F. tinctoria
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| Ficus tinctoria | |
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Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as strangler fig.[3]
It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia , and the South Pacific islands.[3] It grows in moist valleys.[4]
Palms are favorable host species. Root systems of dye fig can come together to be self sustaining but the epiphyte usually falls if the host tree dies or rots away.[5]
In Australia it is recorded as a medium-sized tree with smooth, oval green leaves.[3] It is found often growing in rocky areas or over boulders.[3] The leaves are asymmetrical.[6]
The small rust brown fruit of the dye fig are the source of a red dye used in traditional fabric making in parts of Oceania and Indonesia.
The fruit is also edible and constitute as a major food source in the low-lying atolls of Micronesia and Polynesia.[7]
Subspecies
Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa is an accepted subspecies.[8]
References
- ↑ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Ficus tinctoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T143277299A143295549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T143277299A143295549.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/143277299/143295549. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ "The Plant List: F. tinctoria". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2812573.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Ficus tinctoria". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/ficus_tinctoria_subsp._tinctoria.htm.
- ↑ "Ficus tinctoria in Flora of China @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322515.
- ↑ Liu W., Wang P., Li J., Liu Wenyao, and Li Hongmei (2014), Plasticity of source‐water acquisition in epiphytic, transitional and terrestrial growth phases of Ficus tinctoria, Ecohydrol., 7; pages 1524–1533, doi:10.1002/eco.1475
- ↑ Janet Franklin; Gunnar Keppel; W. Arthur Whistler (2008). "The vegetation and flora of Lakeba, Nayau and Aiwa Islands, Central Lau Group, Fiji". Micronesica 40: 169–225. http://www.uog.edu/up/micronesica/dynamicdata/assetmanager/images/vol40/11%20franklin.pdf.
- ↑ "Mati - Te Māra Reo". http://www.temarareo.org/PPN-Mati.html.
- ↑ "The Plant List: F. tinctoria subsp. gibbosa". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2812576.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1245863 entry
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