Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ficus variegata Click on images to enlarge Family Moraceae Scientific Name Ficus variegata Blume Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie : 459. Type: in sylvis montium Salak, Figs [not vouchered]. Copyright G. Sanksowsky Parang, etc. Common name Common Red Stem Fig; Fig; Fig, Variegated; Fig, Green Fruited; Variegated Fig; Green Fruited Fig; Fig, Common Red Stem Stem Fig, side view and cross section. Copyright W. T. Cooper Not a strangling fig. Exudate rapid and copious. Lenticels very small. Leaves Leaf blades rather large, about 14-21 x 9-13 cm. Petioles and twigs produce a watery milky exudate. Stipules smooth, about 1-1.5 cm long. Flowers Male flowers produced around the ostiole. In the female flower, the stigma turbinate, +/- tuberculate. Bracts at the base of the fig, three, caducous. Lateral bracts not present on the outside of the fig body. Fruit Figs, side view, bird's eye view and cross section. Copyright W.T. Cooper Figs pedunculate (peduncle slender, about 30-50 mm long) globular, depressed globular or depressed pyriform, about 30 x 30 mm. Orifice closed by interlocking apical bracts and inflexed internal bracts. Seedlings Cotyledons orbicular, about 2 mm diam. At the tenth leaf stage: leaf blade ovate, apex acuminate, base obtuse to cordate, margin bluntly serrate, upper surface glabrous or with a few pale hairs along the midrib; oil dots visible with a lens; petiole hairy; stipules elongate-triangular, sheathing the terminal bud. Seed germination time 14 days. Distribution and Ecology Occurs in CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from sea level to 300 m. Grows in well developed rain forest and Trunk and figs [not vouchered]. Copyright G. Sanksowsky gallery forest. Also occurs in Asia, Malesia and the SW Pacific islands. Natural History & Notes Fruit eaten by Cassowaries and Fig-parrots. Cooper & Cooper (1994). Tree X Habit, trunk, leaves and figs [not vouchered]. Copyright G. Synonyms Sanksowsky Ficus variegata Blume var. variegata, The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 18 : 33(1960). Ficus ehretioides Benth., Flora Australiensis 6: 171(1873), Type: Queensland. Rockingham bay, Dallachy. RFK Code 326 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. Copyright CSIRO Female flowers, stigmas swollen. Copyright CSIRO Female flowers, stigmas swollen. Copyright CSIRO Male flowers, anthers 2-celled. Copyright CSIRO.