- Family:
- Moraceae Gaudich.
- Genus:
- Ficus Tourn. ex L.
Ficus microcarpa L.f.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Amazonia, Caribbean. Elevation range: 100–1000 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Atlántico, La Guajira, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, artificial - terrestrial.
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 100 - 1000 m.; Amazonia, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- caucho, matapalo
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Invertebrate Food
- Used as invertebrate food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
- Use Social
- Social uses.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laccadive Is., Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Ascension, Bermuda, California, Canary Is., Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., El Salvador, Florida, Haiti, Hawaii, Italy, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Nicaragua, Ogasawara-shoto, Palestine, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sicilia, Society Is., Spain, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles
Ficus microcarpa L.f. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 5, 2016 | Takeuchi, W. [22212], Papua New Guinea | K001235005 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2009 | Imin [50914], Peninsular Malaysia | K000611522 | No | ||
May 4, 2006 | Barbon et al. [2086], Philippines | K000352376 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2006 | Middleton [3742], Thailand | K000611543 | No | ||
Jan 1, 2006 | Middleton [2552], Thailand | K000611549 | No | ||
Mar 7, 2005 | Jamree, A. E. et al [S 76774], Malaysia | K000228239 | No | ||
Feb 17, 2005 | Fuentes, de la Rosa [PPI 38550], Philippines | K000228320 | No | ||
Jan 28, 2005 | Reynoso and Fuentes [PPI 24766], Philippines | K000228277 | No | ||
Jan 28, 2005 | Romero, E. M. [PPI 29211], Philippines | K000228280 | No | ||
Jan 28, 2005 | Gaerlan et al. [PPI 13432], Philippines | K000228281 | No | ||
Jan 28, 2005 | Ambriansyah [AA 2345], Kalimantan | K000096735 | No | ||
Sep 15, 2004 | Reynoso et al. [PPI 14670], Philippines | K000222635 | No | ||
Oct 1, 1958 | Cavalerie, J. [3601], Yunnan | K001050150 | Yes | ||
Oct 1, 1958 | s.coll. [4523], China | K001050152 | Yes | ||
Wright, C. [504], Hong Kong | K001050151 | Yes |
First published in Suppl. Pl.: 442 (1782)
Accepted by
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- Bosser, J., Cadet, T., Guého, J. & Marais, W. (eds.) (1985). Flore des Mascareignes 161-169: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Chaudhary, L.B., Sudhakar, J.V., Kumar, A., Bajpai, O., Tiwari, R. & Murthy, G.V.S. (2012). Synopsis of the genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India. Taiwania 57: 193-216.
- Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel. Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
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- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
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- Leti, M., Hul, S., Fouché, J.-G., Cheng, S.K. & David, B. (2013). Flore photographique du Cambodge: 1-589. Éditions Privat, Toulouse.
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- Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.
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- Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.
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Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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- Ananda Rao, T. & Ellis, J.L. (1995). Flora of Lakshadweep islands off the Malabar coast, peninsular India, with emphasis on phytogeographical distribution of plants. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 19: 235-250.
- Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
- Bosser, J., Cadet, T., Guého, J. & Marais, W. (eds.) (1985). Flore des Mascareignes 161-169: 1. IRD Éditions, MSIRI, RBG-Kew, Paris.
- Chaudhary, L.B., Sudhakar, J.V., Kumar, A., Bajpai, O., Tiwari, R. & Murthy, G.V.S. (2012). Synopsis of the genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India. Taiwania 57: 193-216.
- Dufour-Dror, J.M. & Fragman-Sapir, O. in Dufour-Dror, J.M. (2019). Alien Plant Species in Natural & Disturbed Areas in Israel. Alien Invasive Plants in Israel, ed. 2: 1-246. Dan Perry Pub., Nature & Parks Authority, Israel Ministry of Environmental Protection.
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- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Galanos, C.J. (2015). The alien flora of terrestrial and marine ecosystems of Rodos island (SE Aegean), Greece. Willdenowia 45: 261-278.
- George, A.S. (ed.) (1989). Flora of Australia 3: 1-219. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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- Stevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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