Ficus Salicifolia  

Scientific classification
Kingdom :plantae
Class:Rosids
Order:Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Sp: Ficus salicifolia

Distribution : This Ficus, native to Saudi Arabia
and many parts of Africa, is known in Arabic as athab
Habit:  found in wadi beds, on cliffsides and among rocky outcrops in the Arriyadh region, where it
reaches a height of 10 metres or more, with an equal spread. The crown of this evergreen tree is
rounded and the branches on the short, smooth trunk are so low that they rest on the ground.
F. salicifolia prefers the alluvial, sometimes moist, soil of a dry watercourse, but will also grow
on gravelly, shallow, coarse-textured ground. It is relatively drought-tolerant and needs regular
irrigation until it is established. Thereafter, deep watering in summer will suffice. Frost-tolerant,
the tree requires full sun; it will also grow in the shade of a high cliffside. Propagation is by seed,
cuttings or air layering

Leaves: The crown of this evergreen tree is
rounded and the branches on the short, smooth trunk are so low that they rest on the ground.
The glaucous, blue-green, narrow and lanceolate leaves, up to 17 cm long and 3 cm wide, are
willow-like with pointed tips
Inflorescences:  (figs) solitary or in pairs in the leaf axils, mostly several together on small spurs in the leaf axils down to the lesser branches or on distinct spurs on the lesser branches down to the trunk, or on leafless branchlets on the older wood, down to the base of the trunk

Flower : sessile or pedicellate .ovary free stigmas 1 filiform
Staminate flowers occur near the ostiole or dispersed within the inflorescence, mostly pedicellate; tepals 2–6, free or connate; stamens 1–3
Fruits : achene-like
accessory fruits/false fruit
خولة بشير
441017895
مارية بشير
441017964
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