Ficus hispida

{{short description|Species of tropical fig tree}}

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|image = Ficus hispida Linn. f.jpg

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn | author1 = Shao, Q. | author2 = Zhao, L. | author3 = Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) | author4 = IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group | name-list-style = amp | title = Ficus hispida | page = e.T147494318A147645751 | year = 2019 | access-date = 23 January 2023}}

|genus = Ficus

|parent = Ficus subg. Sycomorus

|species = hispida

|authority = L.f.{{R|POWO}}

|synonyms =

• Covellia hispida {{small|(L.f.) Miq.}}
• Gonosuke hispida {{small|(L.f.) Raf.}}

|synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}}

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Ficus hispida, also known as the opposite leaf Fig, is a small tree in the family Moraceae, with a distribution ranging from India and southern China southwards to northern Australia. It is morphologically gynodioecious, but functionally dioecious.{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00704.x|title=Fine-scale Population Genetic Structure of Two Dioecious Indian Keystone Species, Ficus hispida and Ficus exasperata (Moraceae)|year=2011|last1=Dev|first1=Suma A.|last2=Kjellberg|first2=Finn|last3=Hossaert-Mckey|first3=Martine|last4=Borges|first4=Renee M.|journal=Biotropica|volume=43|issue=3|pages=309–316}} Male trees are hermaphrodites with both staminate flowers that produce pollen and pistillate flowers that produce almost no seeds but can form galls containing pollinator wasp larvae. Female trees have pistillate flowers that do produce seeds but are inhospitable to pollinator wasp larvae.{{cite journal |last1=Miao |first1=Bai-Ge |last2=Liu |first2=Ming-Xin |last3=Wang |first3=Bo |last4=Peng |first4=Yan-Qiong |last5=Lesne |first5=Annick |last6=Kjellberg |first6=Finn |last7=Jandér |first7=K．Charlotte |date=May 2023 |title=Active pollination in a functionally dioecious Ficus species: An interplay between pollinator behaviour and floral morphology |url=https://hal.science/hal-04182812/file/Manuscript%20_Flora_active%20pollination.pdf |journal=Flora |volume=302 |doi=10.1016/j.flora.2023.152274 |publisher=Elsevier B.V. }}

It occurs in many parts of Asia and as far south east as Australia.{{cite web |title=Ficus hispida |url=http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/F/Ficus_hispida/ |website=ZipcodeZoo |publisher=BayScience Foundation, Inc. |access-date=April 17, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830031335/http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/F/Ficus_hispida/ |archive-date=August 30, 2010 }}{{cite web|title=Biotik.org|url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/f/ficuhisp/ficuhisp_en.html|work=Ficus hispida|access-date=April 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725113045/http://www.biotik.org/india/species/f/ficuhisp/ficuhisp_en.html|archive-date=July 25, 2010|url-status=dead}} There is a large variety of local common names. Like a number of ficus, the leaves are sandpapery to touch. An unusual feature is the figs which hang on long stems.