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Accession Data:

Ficus deltoidea Jack

  • subg. Ficus sect. Ficus subsect. Frutescentiae

  • Common Name: Mistletoe Fig, Delta Fig
  • Family: Moraceae Link

  • Country of Origin: Southeast Asia - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia
  • Habitat: Generally occurring as an epiphyte, but found as a terrestrial bush

  • Description: Mistletoe Ficus is a shrub that reaches a height of six feet. It is used as a ornamental plant in the tropics or in the home and conservatories. This species yields natural rubber, very valuable economically.
  • Uses: species yields natural rubber, very valuable economically
  • USDA Zone: 10b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201300072
  • Source: Chad Husby - Montgomery BG
  • Accession Date: 11-20-2013
  • Bench: 1208 - AUS:East Bench SC
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Rosales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Moraceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Ficeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
2024
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2015
2014

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Thailand / Malaya

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 19 May 2015.
  2. Ficus deltoidea at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 26, 2016.

data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:54:05 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Moraceae

Subfamily
Tribe Artocarpeae

  • Artocarpus heterophyllus

Subfamily
Tribe Dorstenieae

  • Dorstenia contrajerva
  • Dorstenia foetida
  • Dorstenia hildebrandtii var. schlechteri
  • Dorstenia psilurus
  • Dorstenia sp. W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Ficeae

  • Ficus aurea
  • Ficus carica
  • Ficus deltoidea
  • Ficus destruens
  • Ficus lyrata
  • Ficus menabeensis
  • Ficus palmata
  • Ficus pumila
  • Ficus religiosa
  • Ficus rubiginosa variegata
  • Ficus vaccinioides
  • Ficus villosa W/C

Subfamily
Tribe Moreae

  • Broussonetia papyrifera
  • Maclura tricuspidata
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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