Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus yoponensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus yoponensis is an evergreen tree with a large, spreading crown; it usually grows 8 - 40 metres tall, but can reach 50 metres. The usually straight bole is up to 100cm in diameter and buttressed[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. , 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad.

HabitatMoist rain forest and premontane wet forest, where it is common mainly in the younger forest; at elevations from sea level to 1,600 metres, but mainly at 500 - 1,200 metres[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. ]. Trees of moist ravines, river edges, and wet forests[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. ].