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Ficus gomelleira

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Ficus gomelleira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. gomelleira
Binomial name
Ficus gomelleira
Kunth & Bouché
Synonyms[2]
  • Urostigma gomelleira (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
  • Ficus acarouaniensis Benoist
  • Ficus doliaria (Miq.) Mart.
  • Ficus fulvistipula Warb. ex Glaz.
  • Ficus schultesii Dugand
  • Urostigma doliarium Miq.

Ficus gomelleira is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Moraceae.[2][3] This species is monoecious.[citation needed]

Through the 1950s to the 1990s this species was widely viewed as the iroko tree.[4]

The tree can have a size up to 40 m, with a diameter that can reach up to 150 cm or more.[5]

Names

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The species goes by several common names. In Peru it is called Ojé Renaco, Renaco, or Ojé, while in Brazil it is called Caxinguba, Figuier, or Figueira.[5]

Occurrence

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The species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Morales M, P.A.; Lopez-Gallego, C. (2024). "Ficus gomelleira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T179289539A226182305. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T179289539A226182305.es. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Ficus gomelleira Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  3. ^ "Ficus gomelleira Kunth & C.D.Bouché". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  4. ^ Voeks, Robert; Rashford, John (2012-09-25). African Ethnobotany in the Americas. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4614-0836-9.
  5. ^ a b "Caxinguba (Ficus schultesii)". ITTO. Retrieved 2021-09-18.