| Ficus gomelleira | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. gomelleira |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus gomelleira Kunth & Bouché | |
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Ficus gomelleira is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Moraceae. This species is monoecious.
Through the 1950s to the 1990s this species was widely viewed as the iroko tree.
The tree can have a size up to 40 m, with a diameter that can reach up to 150 cm or more.
Names
The species goes by several common names. In Peru it is called Ojé Renaco, Renaco, or Ojé, while in Brazil it is called Caxinguba, Figuier, or Figueira.
Occurrence
The species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.
References
- IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2020). "Ficus gomelleira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T179289539A179302723. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T179289539A179302723.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Ficus gomelleira". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- Voeks, Robert; Rashford, John (2012-09-25). African Ethnobotany in the Americas. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-4614-0836-9.
- ^ "Caxinguba (Ficus schultesii)". ITTO. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
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