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Fungal diseases; Common name: Scientific name: Plants affected: Anthracnose Colletotrichum gloeosporioides: Fe, Fl Cercospora leaf spot Cercospora spp. Fe Corynespora leaf spot Corynespora cassiicola: Fb Gray mold Botrytis cinerea: Fe, Fl Phomopsis dieback Diplodia spp. Fb Southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii: Fb, Fe, Fl Verticillium wilt ...
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.
Male Ficus pumila trees have both male florets and short-styled female florets, which is for feeding the larvae. [11] Female Ficus pumila trees have long-styled female florets, but they are not for pollinator oviposition. [11] A male Ficus pumila produces pollen, feeds and protects fig wasps larvae, while a female produces seeds. [4]
Beverly Hills clear-cut more than 50 ficus trees as part of a sidewalk renovation project before a judge ordered the city to stop via a preliminary injunction. After the ruling, the city opted to ...
Ficus benjamina, commonly known as weeping fig, benjamin fig [3] or ficus tree, and often sold in stores as just ficus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to Asia and Australia. [4]
For diseases of foliage plants, see the following lists: List of Croton diseases; List of Ficus diseases; List of foliage plant diseases (Acanthaceae)
Female trees have pistillate flowers that do produce seeds but are inhospitable to pollinator wasp larvae. [4] It occurs in many parts of Asia and as far south east as Australia. [5] [6] There is a large variety of local common names. Like a number of ficus, the leaves are sandpapery to touch. An unusual feature is the figs which hang on long ...
Ficus rubiginosa, the rusty fig or Port Jackson fig (damun in the Dharug language), is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Australia in the genus Ficus.Beginning as a seedling that grows on other plants (hemiepiphyte) or rocks (), F. rubiginosa matures into a tree 30 m (100 ft) high and nearly as wide with a yellow-brown buttressed trunk.