Ficus L.

Flowers attached to the inner wall of the invaginated floral axis (fig or syconium) Ficus

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Climbing plant with adventitious roots. stipules petioles and young stems with soft hairs. Leaves on stems ovate, 1–3 cm long; petiole short; base asymmetric. Leaves on branches bearing fruit larger with 3 veins; petioles 1–2 cm long. Fruit solitary, 40–50 cm long, greyish. Occasionally naturalized. Introd. from Asia Ficus pumilo

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Shrub or tree, sometimes epiphytic and strangling in early stages