Ficus mendelsonii Britton

  • Authority

    Contributions from The New York Botanical Garden: Volume X 1921-1923.

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ficus mendelsonii Britton

  • Description

    Species Description - A tree up to 16 m. high. Leaves elliptic to obovate-elliptic, the blade thin, smooth, 10-15 cm. long, about twice as long as wide, distantly pinnately veined, triple-veined just above the base, the base rounded or obtuse, the apex abruptly short-acuminate; petioles slender, .2-6 cm. long; peduncles slender, 1-2 cm. long; fruit globose, pale, 10-15 mm. in diameter, the ostiolum deeply concave; basal bracts 2, triangular-ovate, about 2 mm. long.

  • Discussion

    Forests in moist or wet districts, Trinidad. Type from the northern hills between North Post and Maqueripe {Britton, Hazen and Mendelson 879).

  • Distribution

    Forests in moist or wet districts, Trinidad. Type from the northern hills between North Post and Maqueripe {Britton, Hazen and Mendelson 879).

    Trinidad and Tobago South America|