Ficus gomelleira is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Moraceae. This species is monoecious.[citation needed]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. gomelleira
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| Binomial name | |
| Ficus gomelleira Kunth & Bouché
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Through the 1950s to the 1990s this species was widely viewed as the iroko tree.[3]
The tree can have a size up to 40 m, with a diameter that can reach up to 150 cm or more.[4]
Names
editThe 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.[4]
Occurrence
editThe species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]
References
edit- ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2020). "Ficus gomelleira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T179289539A179302723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179289539A179302723.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Ficus gomelleira". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ Voeks, Robert; Rashford, John (2012-09-25). African Ethnobotany in the Americas. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4614-0836-9.
- ^ a b "Caxinguba (Ficus schultesii)". ITTO. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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