Orange Fig (Ficus Aurantiaca / Ficus Punctuata)
This latex-bearing, woody climber fig can easily be spotted all over Singapore climbing on trees when you spot the orange color figs that look like mandarin oranges on the tree trunk. Some of its favorite trees to climb include the Sea Apple and the Rain Tree. it's small leathery leaves have short stalks, slightly obovate blades, 5-10 cm long, asymmetrical bases and blunt or slightly pointed apices. Its leaf has the dark green glossy surface and prominent netted venation on the underside. This fig grows on branches and tree trunks in lowland to lower montane forests up to 1500 m in altitude.
The large orange figs has speckles of white or yellow. The figs may be oval or round, some big as tennis balls, reaching up to a size of 10cm width. They are probably the largest local figs we have here in Singapore. While these climbers are sometimes seen to creep on the ground, it is only when they climb that you can see them fruiting.
Do you know.. the Latin word for the color orange is Aurantiacus
The large orange figs has speckles of white or yellow. The figs may be oval or round, some big as tennis balls, reaching up to a size of 10cm width. They are probably the largest local figs we have here in Singapore. While these climbers are sometimes seen to creep on the ground, it is only when they climb that you can see them fruiting.
Do you know.. the Latin word for the color orange is Aurantiacus