Ficus cotinifolia, the alamo tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Mexico and Central America.[1] It often sends roots down to cenotes and other underground water sources.[2]
Quick facts Scientific classification, Binomial name ...
| Ficus cotinifolia | 
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| Fruit and leaves | 
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| Trunk | 
| Scientific classification  | 
| Kingdom: | 
Plantae | 
 
| Clade: | 
Tracheophytes | 
 
| Clade: | 
Angiosperms | 
 
| Clade: | 
Eudicots | 
 
| Clade: | 
Rosids | 
 
| Order: | 
Rosales | 
 
| Family: | 
Moraceae | 
 
| Genus: | 
Ficus | 
| Species: | 
F. cotinifolia  | 
| Binomial name | 
Ficus cotinifolia
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| Synonyms[1] | 
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- Ficus cotinifolia subsp. myxifolia (Kunth) Carvajal
 
- Ficus glauca (Liebm.) Miq.
 
- Ficus guatemalana (Miq.) Miq.
 
- Ficus inamoena Standl.
 
- Ficus jacquelineae Carvajal & Peña-Pin.
 
- Ficus longipes (Liebm.) Miq.
 
- Ficus myxifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché
 
- Ficus paraisoana Lundell
 
- Ficus subrotundifolia Greenm.
 
- Urostigma cotinifolium (Kunth) Miq.
 
- Urostigma glaucum Liebm.
 
- Urostigma guatemalanum Miq.
 
- Urostigma longipes Liebm.
 
- Urostigma myxifolium (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
  
  
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