Ficus tinctoria
| Dye fig | |
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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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus tinctoria | |
| Subspecies[2] | |
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Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree in the genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as a strangler fig.[5]
It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia, and the South Pacific islands.[5] It grows in moist valleys.[6]
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.[7]
In Australia it is recorded as a medium-sized tree with smooth, oval green leaves.[5] It is found often growing in rocky areas or over boulders.[5] The leaves are asymmetrical.[8]
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.[9]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are accepted:[2]
- Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa (Blume) Corner
- Ficus tinctoria subsp. tinctoria
Gallery
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Leaves and mature fruit
Branch leaf pattern
Mature tree
Fruits, asymmetric leaf with vein offset to one side.
References
[edit]- ↑ 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. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Ficus tinctoria G.Forst". Plants of the World Online. 2012-04-01. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ficus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa (Blume) Corner". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ "Ficus tinctoria subsp. tinctoria". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Ficus tinctoria". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "Ficus tinctoria in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
- ↑ 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" (PDF). Micronesica. 40: 169–225. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-13.
- ↑ "Mati - Te Māra Reo". termarareo.org. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Ficus
- Flora of the Indian subcontinent
- Flora of Indo-China
- Flora of Malesia
- Flora of the Pacific
- Flora of Papuasia
- Flora of South-Central China
- Flora of Southeast China
- Flora of Hainan
- Flora of Taiwan
- Flora of the Northern Territory
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Western Australia
- Least concern flora of Asia
- Least concern flora of Australia
- Least concern flora of the Pacific
- Least concern flora of Papuasia
- Austronesian agriculture
- Plant dyes
- Micronesian cuisine
- Polynesian cuisine
- Plants described in 1786
- Taxa named by Georg Forster
- Fruit tree stubs
- Moraceae stubs