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Ficus retusa

Ficus retusa

L.
Laurel De Malasia

Family: Moraceae
Order: Rosales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Ficus retusa is a species of evergreen woody plant in the fig genus, native to the Malay Archipelago and Malesia floristic region. The species name has been widely mis-applied to Ficus microcarpa.

 Ficus retusa is a rapidly growing, rounded, broad-headed, evergreen shrub or tree that can reach 10 m in height with an equal spread. The smooth, light grey trunk is quite striking, can grow to around 1 m in diameter, and it firmly supports the massively spreading canopy.

The tree has glabrous obovate leaves, usually longer than 10 cm and spirally arranged. It has a gray to reddish bark dotted with small, horizontal flecks, called lenticels, that are used by woody plant species for supplementary gas exchange through the bark. The name is commonly used to refer to ornamental indoor plants (for example bonsai) widely cultivated in temperate regions, but such plants generally belong to another species, Ficus microcarpa. The two species can be distinguished from the length of the leaf blade (usually for F. retusa, and usually less than 10 cm for F. microcarpa but rarely up to 15 cm).

Source: Wikipedia, article Ficus retusa. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 451087
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Goya
Corrientes
Argentina
08/02/2018
Hugo Alberto Valderrey


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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
141864802/08/2018ArgentinaCorrientesGoyaHugo Alberto Valderrey
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Ficus retusa – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 17/09/2026.