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NUMBER 77 MORACEAE 157
MORACEAE
Berg (1978:39) recognized Cecropiaceae as a separate
family.
The nomenclature of the common edible species of
Artocarpus was clarified by Fosberg (1960).
Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg (1941:95), including
A. incisus and A. communis of authors, the breadfruit, is widely
cultivated on Dominica. It is a monoecious tree to 15 m, with
pinnately lobed leaves to 5 dm long and a globose, seedless
prickly fruit. Seeded forms known as breadnut are also
cultivated. Adjanohoun et al. (1985:141, pl. 107) reported
medicinal uses.
Artocurpus heterophyllus Lamarck, including A. integrifo -
lius sensu auctt.), has entire leaves and an ellipsoid fruit to 6 dm
long. It is cultivated pantropically for ornament and for its
edible fruit, less palatable than the breadfruit, in Dominica:
Roseau Botanic Garden (Hodge 918 [912?1).
Artocurpus lakoochu Roxburgh, with entire leaves >10 cm
across and small fruits to 6 cm across, was cultivated in the
Roseau Botanic Garden (Fairchild s.n.) in 1932.
Cunnubis sutiva Linnaeus, sometimes placed in Cannabaceae,
marijuana, is reported as illegally cultivated in Dominica.
No specimens have been located.
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Leaves palmately lobed, peltate, white-tomentose beneath;
all flowers spicate; plants dioecious ...... Cecropia
Leaves neither lobed, peltate nor white-tomentose beneath;
flowers borne inside a fleshy receptacle; plants monoecious
......................... Ficus
Cecropia Loefling, nom. cons.
Cecropia schreberiana
Cecropia schreberiana Mquel in Martius, 1853,4(1):150.
Cecropia peliata sensu auctt. quoad Antilles Minores, non Linnaeus.
Bois canon, trumpet tree, trumpet wood.
Dioecious tree to 20 m; leaves peltate, strikingly white
beneath; inflorescences digitate.
Lesser Antilles; common weed tree in disturbed areas of
Dominica from 100-700 m but rarely collected: Calibishie
(Hodge 3168), La Chaudi6re (Hodge 3663), Layou Park
(Nicolson 2033, Mome Colla Anglais (Hodge 632), Syndicate
(Whitefoord 3958), sine loc. (Taylor 125).
Used by Caribs for making catamarans and in medicine
(Hodge and Taylor, 1957553).
Ficus Linnaeus
Plants woody, with copious milky sap; leaves alternate;
stipules deciduous, encircling stem and leaving a conspicuous
scar; flowers unisexual, borne inside an enlarged and deeply
invaginated receptacle (synconium, the fig) with an apical pore
(ostiole) closed by interlocking scales. Members with single
figs are true lrees while those with paired figs start life as
epiphytes (stranglers) and end as trees (banyans).
Ficus altissim Blume, with coriamus leaves strongly
aiplinerved at base, was collected in Roseau Botanic Garden
(Nicolson 4213).
Ficus aspera J.G. Forster (including Ficus parcellii Veitch
ex Cogniaux & Marchal) with variegated, shallowly toothed,
unequal-based leaves was collected in Roseau Botanic Garden
in 1932 (Fairchild 2665).
1. Figs solitary, long-stalked (on pedicels 1 cm or longer)
......................... F. insipida
1. Figs paired, f sessile (pedicels to 0.5 cm long).
2. Petioles typically >2 cm long.
3. Leaf ovate (base rounded to truncate and apex acute to
F. citnyolia
acuminate ................
3. Leaf obovate (base obtuse and apex rounded) ....
..................... F. obtusifolia
2. Petioles c2 cm long.
4. Leaves c4 cm across, acute at apex; ripe fig without
raised ring, 3-7 mm thick . ...... F. perforata
4. Leaves >4 cm across, blunt or rounded at apex; ripe
fig with raised ring around apex, 10-14 mm thick
...................... F. trigonata
Ficus citrifolia
Ficus citrifolia Miller, 1768.-DeWolf. 1960: 158.-Berg & DeWolf,
1975241.
Ficus laevigaia Vahl, 1805, hum.. 2:183.-Little & Wadsworth, 1964:70, pl.
22.
Ficus lentiginosa Vahl, 1805, Enum., 2183.
Ficuspopulnea Willdenow, 1806.4(2):1141.
Ficuspopulnea var. lentiginara (Vahl) Warburg in Urban, 1903,3:476.
Ficuspopulnea subvar. subcuspidata Warburg in Urban, 1903,3:478.
Ficuspopuloides Warburg in Urban, 1903.3:479.
Ficus leniiginosa var. subcuspidaia (Warburg) Domin, 1930~47.
Ficus leniiginosa var. imrayna Domin, 1930~48.
Ficus laevigaia subvar. subcuspidclra (Warburg) Stehl6 in Stehl6 et al., 1937,
1:181.
Figue.
Tree to 16 m; leaf base cordate to truncate; branches with
many aerial roots; figs paired, short-stalked, usually c1 cm
thick, thin-walled, yellowish to reddish when ripe.
Antilles except Trinidad; common in lowland Dominica to
500 ft [152 m]: Baiac (Whitefoord 3843), Cabrits swamp
(Hodge 631, Nicolson 4192), Calibishie (Hodge 3164), Delices
(Whitefoord 3710), Grand Savanna (Ernst 1890,1633, Hatton
Garden Estate (Hodge 3010, 3048), La Plaine (Ramuge s.n.>,
Melville Hall (Chambers 2775), Pointe Ronde (Hodge 2656,
2738), Portsmouth (Hodge 3751).
Ficus insipida
Ficus insipida Willdenow, 1806, 4(2):1143.--DeWolf, 1960:152; 1967:s.-
Berg & JkWolf, 1975:232.