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Botanical Family · Rosales

Moraceae

Fig/Mulberry family

52 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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Representative MORACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Moraceae
Key pattern

Alternate leaves and milky latex sap, with tiny flowers crowded onto a fleshy receptacle that swells into a fig- or mulberry-like compound fruit.

Includes the banyan and peepal figs, where the true flowers are hidden entirely inside the swollen receptacle rather than displayed openly.

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Which Moraceae species is this?

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Leaf ShapeWhat is the overall shape of the leaf blade?
Cordate
Cordate (heart-shaped)
Deeply lobed (like a hand)
Elliptic
Elliptic (widest at middle)
Lanceolate
Obovate
Orbicular
Orbicular (round)
Ovate
Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Tree
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Hirsute (coarsely hairy)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Hirsute
Hirsute (coarsely hairy)
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Yes, prominent hanging roots (banyan-type)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Hirsute
Hirsute (coarsely hairy)
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Yes, prominent hanging roots (banyan-type)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Glaucous (waxy blue-grey bloom)
Hirsute (coarsely hairy)
Pubescent (softly hairy)
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Sometimes, thin hanging roots
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Sometimes, thin hanging roots
Yes, prominent hanging roots (banyan-type)
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Climbing vine
Tree
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Yes, prominent hanging roots (banyan-type)
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Herb
Tree
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Pubescent (softly hairy)
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Yes, prominent hanging roots (banyan-type)
Aerial RootsDoes it have hanging aerial/prop roots?
No visible aerial roots
Yes, prominent hanging roots (banyan-type)
Leaf SurfaceWhat does the leaf surface feel or look like?
Glabrous (smooth, hairless)
Pubescent
HabitWhat is the plant's growth habit?
Shrub
Tree

How to recognise the Moraceae family

  • 01

    Milky latex throughout plant

  • 02

    Flowers often in dense heads or enclosed fig

  • 03

    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

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