AusTraits

Ficus pumila

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Ficus pumila L.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Ficus stipulata Thunb. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld (doubtfully naturalised), NSW (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (2), ABRS_2023 (23), Kubiak_2009 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (2), NHNSW_2023 (15), NSWFRD_2014 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 20 traits from 49 records in 9 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (1) [sources: Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 30 mm (25-35 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): syconium (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); grey (1); purple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 57.5 mm (10-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 42.5 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.25 cm (1-4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); oblong (2); ovate (2); widely_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (2); oblique (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_woody (1); shrub (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231323Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_20231015N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202222Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202222N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_201422B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kubiak_200911P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.