Moraceae

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Morus alba L.

Morus alba L.

Morus alba L.

Morus alba L. (white mulberry) is a widely cultivated tree native to China and India, known for the fastest plant movement on Earth.

Morus indica L.

Morus indica L.

Morus indica L.

Morus indica L. is a small mulberry tree or shrub grown medicinally to help regulate diabetic blood glucose levels.

Morus microphylla Buckley

Morus microphylla Buckley

Morus microphylla Buckley

Texas mulberry (Morus celtidifolia, often called Morus microphylla) is a small edible-fruited tree/shrub native to the Americas.

Morus nigra L.

Morus nigra L.

Morus nigra L.

Morus nigra L. (black mulberry) is a deciduous edible-fruited tree with the highest known polyploidy among spermatophytes.

Morus rubra L.

Morus rubra L.

Morus rubra L.

Morus rubra L. (red mulberry) is a North American native deciduous tree grown for its edible sweet berries.

Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Druce

Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Druce

Paratrophis microphylla (Raoul) Druce

Paratrophis microphylla, the small-leaved milk tree, is a lowland forest tree with distinct fiddle-shaped juvenile leaves that grows up to 12m tall.

Paratrophis pendulina (Endl.) E.M.Gardner

Paratrophis pendulina (Endl.) E.M.Gardner

Paratrophis pendulina (Endl.) E.M.Gardner

Paratrophis pendulina is a flowering woody plant found in Australian rainforests and Hawaiian forests, with fruit eaten by birds.

Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey

Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey

Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey

Ficus watkinsiana is an Australian hemiepiphytic fig tree that grows in rainforest, known for its obligate mutualism with pollinator wasps.

Ficus sansibarica Warb.

Ficus sansibarica Warb.

Ficus sansibarica Warb.

Ficus sansibarica Warb. is an African fig species often starting as a strangler, with edible bitter figs and local cultural uses.

Ficus exasperata Vahl

Ficus exasperata Vahl

Ficus exasperata Vahl

Ficus exasperata Vahl, the sandpaper tree, is a small to medium fig from the banyan group that grows 20–30 m tall.

Ficus altissima Blume

Ficus altissima Blume

Ficus altissima Blume

Ficus altissima Blume is a large evergreen strangler fig native to Southeast Asia and Pacific islands that has become invasive in Florida.

Ficus americana Aubl.

Ficus americana Aubl.

Ficus americana Aubl.

Ficus americana Aubl. is a Caribbean and Neotropical fig species that may act as a keystone species, with an obligate mutualism with fig wasps.

Ficus lyrata Warb.

Ficus lyrata Warb.

Ficus lyrata Warb.

Ficus lyrata Warb. is a showy evergreen tree/shrub native to African rainforests, widely cultivated as an ornamental plant indoors and out.

Ficus pertusa L.fil.

Ficus pertusa L.fil.

Ficus pertusa L.fil.

Ficus pertusa L.fil. is an edible-fruited fig tree growing up to 25m tall with varied leaf shapes.

Ficus maxima Mill.

Ficus maxima Mill.

Ficus maxima Mill.

Ficus maxima Mill. is a monoecious fig tree native to the Neotropics, with known ecological roles and human medicinal uses.

Ficus cotinifolia Kunth

Ficus cotinifolia Kunth

Ficus cotinifolia Kunth

Ficus cotinifolia (alamo tree) is a Moraceae flowering plant native to dry tropical Mexico and Central America that roots down to underground water sources.

Ficus cordata Thunb.

Ficus cordata Thunb.

Ficus cordata Thunb.

Ficus cordata, the Namaqua rock fig, is an African fig species with two disjunct subspecies occupying separate arid and subtropical habitats.

Ficus obliqua G.Forst.

Ficus obliqua G.Forst.

Ficus obliqua G.Forst.

Ficus obliqua is a large long-lived fig tree native to Australia and the southwestern Pacific, used in horticulture and traditional medicine.

Ficus fraseri Miq.

Ficus fraseri Miq.

Ficus fraseri Miq.

Ficus fraseri Miq., a shrub or tree fig native to Australia, New Caledonia and Vanuatu, produces edible bland figs and is a rare ornamental.

Ficus pseudopalma Blanco

Ficus pseudopalma Blanco

Ficus pseudopalma Blanco

Ficus pseudopalma is a palm-like fig endemic to the Philippines, grown ornamentally and used for food and traditional medicine.

Ficus polita Vahl

Ficus polita Vahl

Ficus polita Vahl

Ficus polita Vahl is a fig tree that grows across much of Africa and Madagascar, with specific wasp subspecies pollinating it in different regions.

Ficus drupacea Thunb.

Ficus drupacea Thunb.

Ficus drupacea Thunb.

Ficus drupacea is a tropical strangler fig native to Southeast Asia and Northeast Australia, reaching 10–30 meters in height.

Ficus rumphii Blume

Ficus rumphii Blume

Ficus rumphii Blume

Ficus rumphii Blume is a banyan fig species from Moraceae found across parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Ficus arnottiana (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus arnottiana (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus arnottiana (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus arnottiana is a medium to large deciduous fig tree native to the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia.

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