Ficus brevifolia Nutt.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Moraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A tree, reaching a maximum height of about 15 m. with a trunk up to 5 dm. thick, the branches spreading, the smooth bark brownish, the twigs slender, glabrous, or sparingly pubescent when young. Leaves rather thin, glabrous, ovate or oval, 3-10 cm. long, acute or obtuse at the apex, rounded or cordate at the base, the slender petioles 1.5-4 cm. long; figs globose or globose-obovoid, 7-12 mm. in diameter, on peduncles 4-2-0 mm. long, red when mature, the ostiolum not prominent.
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Distribution
Rocky and sandy soil, throughout the archipelago from Abaco and Great Bahama to Andros, Caicos Islands and Inagua : Florida : Cuba : Santo Domingo. Closely related to F. laevigata Vahl. of Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles, to which species it was referred by Hitchcock ; recorded by Mrs. Northrop as F. pedunculata Willd. Short-leaved Wild Fig. Catesby 2 : App. pi. 18.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Santo Domingo Dominican Republic South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America|