Ficus dendrocida

Botanical Description

Ficus dendrocida is a semideciduous tree with a low, dense, wide crown; it can grow 8 - 30 metres tall. The bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter. The plant often produces many aerial roots[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. , 756 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 47 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; Missouri. Year 1960 ISBN Description A botanical magazine, it contains part of the Flora of Panama. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. The Brazilian subpopulation is confined and declining. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].