PlantPeers
Back to Catalog
No image available
Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus obtusiuscula

Ficus obtusiuscula

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus obtusiuscula is a semideciduous tree growing 9 - 22 metres tall with a large, dense crown that can be 30 metres wide. The short, grooved bole can be 50 - 80cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its low value wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland and, providing a good shade, it can be used in landscaping[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, southern, central, eastern and northern Brazil, Bolivia.
HabitatRainforests and gallery forests, usually in more open places and secondary growth formations, especially near water and on seasonally inundated floodplains[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].