Botanical Family · Rosales
Moraceae
Fig/Mulberry family
53 speciesOrder Rosales8+ well-known plants
The mulberry and fig family, including the ecologically crucial figs (Ficus) that feed hundreds of frugivore species. Characterised by milky latex and inconspicuous flowers concealed inside a fleshy receptacle (syconium in figs). Also includes breadfruit (Artocarpus) and mulberry (Morus).
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How to recognise the Moraceae family
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Milky latex throughout plant
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Flowers often in dense heads or enclosed fig
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Syncarp or drupe fruit; important keystone trees
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
Sack Tree, Upas TreeAntiaris toxicariaBreadfruitArtocarpus altilisJack Fruit TreeArtocarpus heterophyllusWild Jack Tree, Aini, Hirsute ArtocarpusArtocarpus hirsutusSilver-Back ArtocarpusArtocarpus hypargyreusBread-Fruit TreeArtocarpus incisusMonkey JackArtocarpus lacuchaPaper Mulberry, Tapacloth TreeBroussonetia papyrifera
All 53 species in MORACEAE
- Sack Tree, Upas TreeAntiaris toxicaria
- BreadfruitArtocarpus altilis
- Jack Fruit TreeArtocarpus heterophyllus
- Wild Jack Tree, Aini, Hirsute ArtocarpusArtocarpus hirsutus
- Silver-Back ArtocarpusArtocarpus hypargyreus
- Bread-Fruit TreeArtocarpus incisus
- Monkey JackArtocarpus lacucha
- Paper Mulberry, Tapacloth TreeBroussonetia papyrifera
- Paper Mulberry, Tapacloth TreeBroussonetia papyrifera
- Indian SnakewortDorstenia indica
- Mountain FigFicus altissima
- Yellow-Barked FigFicus amplissima
- Indian Rock FigFicus arnottiana
- Elephant Ear Fig Tree, Giant Indian FigFicus auriculata
- South-Indian FigFicus beddomei
- Banyan TreeFicus benghalensis
- Banyan TreeFicus benghalensis var. krishnae
- Benjamin Tree, Java Fig, Golden Fig, Weeping Fig, Benjamin FigFicus benjamina
- Calloused FigFicus callosa
- Common Edible Fig, Edible Fig, Fig TreeFicus carica
- Floating FigFicus cyathistipula
- Mysore FigFicus drupacea var. pubescens
- Indian Rubber Tree, Assam RubberFicus elastica
- Sand Paper TreeFicus exasperata
- Creeping FigFicus heterophylla
- Crow Fig, Mad Fig, Brahma's FigFicus hispida
- Krishna FigFicus krishnae
- Fiddle-Leafed FigFicus lyrata
- Laurel Fig, Chinese Banyan, Indian LaurelFicus microcarpa
- Soft FigFicus mollis
- Mistletoe Fig, Triangle Fig, Sweetheart Tree And Natal TreeFicus natalensis subsp. leprieurii
- Veined-Leaf FigFicus nervosa
- Punjab FigFicus palmata
- Climbing Fig, Creeping FigFicus pumila
- Cluster Fig, Country Fig, Gular FigFicus racemosa
- Peepal Tree, Sacred Fig, Pipul, Sacred Bo TreeFicus religiosa
- Mock Bodh TreeFicus rumphii
- Talbot FigFicus talbotii
- Dye FigFicus tinctoria
- Dye FigFicus tinctoria subsp. gibbosa
- Karal FigFicus tsjakela
- Spotted White FigFicus virens
- White Mulberry, MulberryMorus alba
- MulberryMorus indica
- Siamese RoughbushStreblus asper
- Artocarpus gomezianus subsp. zeylanicus
- Broussonetia luzonica
- Ficus cuspidata
- Ficus dalhousiae
- Ficus laevis var. macrocarpa
- Ficus travancorica
- Plecospermum spinosum
- Streblus taxoides
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