Ficus lutea is a tree in the family Moraceae. It is commonly known as the giant-leaved fig or Lagos rubbertree. These trees occur from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to Tropical Africa.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTwetter forests (edges), riverine forest or woodland, occasionally on rocks
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry6
Leaf C:N ratio26.16 g/g
Leaf n16.75 mg/g
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Specific leaf area (SLA)10.21 mm²/mg
Wood density530 mg/cm³
Other traits2
Fruiting endNov
Fruiting startNov
03Chemical composition7 compounds
Compounds documented for Ficus lutea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ficus lutea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections5
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualFicus lutea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 26 n = 13
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 261×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Malaya
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin11.7 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 313 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 172
Museum / vouchered1 049
Other92
Origin
Native147
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 600 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 610≤1 km 72≤10 km 95>10 km 10
787 georeferenced · 385 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 172
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 14≤1 km 11≤10 km 5>10 km 3
33 georeferenced · 1 016 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 049
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions16 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
144
Kew, GB
109
Plocation not on record
69
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record
56
MeiseBGlocation not on record
54
Pretoria, ZA
30
Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rurallocation not on record
26
WAGlocation not on record
25
Glocation not on record
25
CJBGlocation not on record
21
Yaoundé, CM
20
Durban, ZA
18
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
17
Paris, FR
12
Centre National d'Application des Recherches Pharmaceutiques (CNARP)location not on record
11
Bronx, US
10
LBVlocation not on record
10
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
HNBlocation not on record
6
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record
6
Riverside, US
5
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
5
St. Paul, US
5
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
4
Clocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
4
San Angelo, US
4
BRLUlocation not on record
3
Addis Ababa, ET
3
Bergen, NO
3
LISClocation not on record
3
MAlocation not on record
3
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
3
CASlocation not on record
3
Elocation not on record
3
Uppsala, SE
3
Chicago, US
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
DSMlocation not on record
2
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
2
Limbe Botanical & Zoological Gardenslocation not on record
2
Ulocation not on record
2
Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambiquelocation not on record
2
Haramaya Universitylocation not on record
2
LDlocation not on record
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Université du Lomélocation not on record
2
Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
IFANlocation not on record
1
University of Oxfordlocation not on record
1
University of Hamburglocation not on record
1
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
1
Zlocation not on record
1
Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record
1
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
1
University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record
1
UNEMATlocation not on record
1
61 institutions · 782 of 1 049 vouchered records shown · 267 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Ficus lutea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median21.5 °C 18.1–21.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.30 °C
Max temp (day)24.1 °C 22.7–24.2
Min temp (night)19.0 °C 12.2–20.2
Precipitation54.7 mm/mo 38.8–96.0
Air humidity60.9 % 57.7–61.4
Moisture balance-44.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit978 Pa 876–1,000
Wind speed3.40 m/s
Cloud cover15.5 % 13.5–24.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 313 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗