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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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Ficus PERFORATA L
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PlaceOfPublication
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P1. Surin. 17. 1775.
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Synonym
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Ficus americana Aubl. P1. Guian. 2:952. 1775. Ficus jacquiniaef olia A. Richard. Fl. Cub. Fanerog. 3:221. t. 72. 1850. Urostigma eugeniaefolium Liebm. in K. Danske Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. 5 ser. 2:329. 1851. Urostigma oerstedianum Miq. in Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 196. t. 36. 1854. Urostigma liebmannianum Miq. loc. cit. 195. 1854. Urostigma chiriquianum Miq. in Versl. en Med. Kon. Akad. 13:412. 1862. Ficus chiriquiana (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3:298. 1867. Ficus liebmanniana (Miq.) Miq. loc. cit. 1867. Ficus oerstedianum (Miq.) Miq. loc. cit. 299. 1867. Ficus eugeniaefolia (Liebm.) Hemsl. Biol. Centr.-Amer. Bot. 3:144. 1883. Ficus sintenisii Warb. in Urb. Symbol. Antill. 3:464. 1903. Ficus omphalophora Warb. loc. cit. 466. 1903. Ficus wilsoni Warb. loc. cit. 467. 1903.
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Description
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Shrubs or small to medium sized trees to 30 m. tall. Twigs 2-3 mm. in diameter, glabrous, with a rather close brownish grey periderm. Stipules 4-15 mm. long, glabrous, ciliolate or glaucous. Lamina 1-5 cm. wide X 1.7-11 cm. long, elliptic or obovate; apex rounded, acute, or short, abruptly acuminate; base cuneate or narrowly rounded, sometimes somewhat emarginate; lateral veins 6-14 pairs, departing from the midrib at an angle from 20?-300; basal veins departing from the midrib at a similar angle; intercostals not, or only somewhat, prominent. Petiole 4-10 mm. long, 1/_9 the length of the lamina. Figs 3-7 mm. in diameter, globose, glabrous, borne among the leaves; color reddish; peduncle 1-5 mm. long, glabrous or minutely puberulent; basal bracts two, 1-2 mm. long, ovate, glabrous or minutely puberulent; orifice 1-2 mm. in diameter, somewhat mammillate.
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Habit
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Shrub tree
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Distribution
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Guatemala to Colombia, at intermediate or higher elevations; and in the Bahama Islands and the Greater Antilles.
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Common
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Mata palo
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, WVilson I22, Carpenter 64, Woodworth . Vestal 658, Bangham 509. CHIRIQUI: Gualaca, Allen 5026; Boquete, Davidson 6I2; Caldera, Pittier 3346; David, Pittier 2822, 2823. COCLE: El Valle, Allen 2228. DARIEN: Cana, Williams 944. PANAMA: Punta Paitilla, Standley 26243. VERAGUAS: Rio Cafiazas, Allen I58.
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Note
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This is an exceedingly variable taxon, the West Indian plants called Ficus jacquiniaefolia and F. sintenisii being, superficially, very different in appearance. There is, however, no important character by which they can be circumscribed and it seems wise, therefore, to include them here. Ficus perforata L. is based on t. I32, f. 2. of Burmann's edition of Plumier's plates. Neither Warburg nor Urban were sure of the identity of the plant, but I believe that Warburg was correct in suggesting that it is the plant which he called F. omphalophora, the common shrubby fig of the Lesser Antilles. F. wilsoni of Jamaica is indistinguishable, save only that the stomates are somewhat larger.
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