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Ficus tecolutensis

Family
Moraceae (Fig & mulberry family)
Grows as
Tree
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
Mexico to Nicaragua
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ficus tecolutensis is a species of flowering plant in the fig family (Moraceae). It is a tree native to central, eastern, and southern Mexico and to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua in Central America.

The species was first described as Urostigma tecolutense by Frederik Liebmann in 1851. In 1867 Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel placed the species in genus Ficus as F. tecolutensis. It is part of subgenus Spherosuke Raf. sect. Americanae (Miq.) Corner, and is one of five species in the Ficus aurea complex, which also includes F. aurea Nutt., F. cookii Standl., F. isophlebia Standl., and F. tuerckheimii Standl..

Other Ficus plants

Large-leaved rock fig · Figwood · Ficus adhatodifolia · Ficus albert-smithii · Abbey tree · Council tree · Ficus amazonica · Ficus americana subsp. greiffiana · Jamaican cherry fig · Ficus ampelos · Indian Bat Fig · Ficus andamanica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus tecolutensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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