Appearance
They are trees that reach a size of 30 metres in height, or 8 to 10 m when it's cultivated as a houseplant. The trunk has a yellowish greenish color. The leaves are heart-shaped, on the front they are bright green and on the back they have a tuft of whitish hairs. The flowers and fruits are green, spherical in shape, with red and velvety spots. The crown of the tree is rounded.Naming
"Ficus": generic name that is derived from the Latin name given to the fig."Petiolaris": Latin epithet meaning "with petiole".
Distribution
Originally from Mexico, it is present in warm, semi-warm and temperate climates, between 550 and 1200 meters above sea level. Wild plant, associated with deciduous and sub-deciduous tropical forests, thorny forest, mesophilic mountain forest, oak and pine forests. In the Baja California Peninsula, this plant occurs from the southern Sierra de la Asamblea in central Baja California south into the Cape region of Baja California Sur, also present on many adjacent Gulf of California islands.Evolution
German botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth described this species in 1817.References:
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