Tropicos | Name - Ficus costaricana (Liebm.) Miq.

Ficus costaricana (Liebm.) Miq.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 1/22/2013)

Species	Ficus COSTARICANA (Liebm.) Miq.
PlaceOfPublication	Ann. Mus. Bot. Ludg.-Bat. 3:298. 1867.
Synonym	Urostigma costaricanum Liebm. in K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Skrivt. 5 ser. 2:322. 1851. Ficus kellermannii Standl. in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. 20:18. 1917.
Description	Trees 12-15 m. tall. Twigs 3-5 mm. in diameter, pubescent or glabrate, developing a rather thin brownish grey periderm. Stipules 12-25 mm. long, broadly deltoid, glabrous, persistent. Lamina 3-7.5 cm. wide X 6-18 cm. long, oblanceolate or oblong-elliptic, frequently somewhat inequilateral, glabrous; apex rounded, acute, or shortly blunt acuminate; base rounded or rounded cuneate, emarginate; lateral veins 5-12 pairs, departing from the midrib at an angle from 20%-30%; basal vains departing from the midrib at an angle of 500-600; inter- costals prominent. Petiole 5-30 mm., 1/6-1/9 the length of the lamina. Figs 10- 12 mm. in diameter, depressed globose; glabrous, borne among the leaves; color reddish with darker spots; peduncle obsolete; basal bracts 5-10 mm. broadly deltoid, glabrous.
Habit	Tree
Distribution	Guatemala to Panama, at low or intermediate elevations.
Specimen	CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Woodworth & Vestal 572, Salvoza 937, Standley 41i48. CHIRIQUI: David, Pittier 2826, 2835; Caldera, Pittier 3348.
Note	The persistent stipules and the oblate reddish receptacles with rather thin flesh are outstanding traits of this species. It also is represented by S. Hayes 838 (sine loco).