Ficus gomelleira

Ficus gomelleira is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Moraceae.^[2][3] This species is monoecious.^{[citation needed]}

Ficus gomelleira
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Species:	F. gomelleira
Binomial name
Ficus gomelleira Kunth & Bouché
Synonyms[2]
Urostigma gomelleira (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq. Ficus acarouaniensis Benoist Ficus doliaria (Miq.) Mart. Ficus fulvistipula Warb. ex Glaz. Ficus schultesii Dugand Urostigma doliarium Miq.

Through the 1950s to the 1990s this species was widely viewed as the iroko tree.^[4]

The tree can have a size up to 40 m, with a diameter that can reach up to 150 cm or more.^[5]

Names

The species goes by several common names. In Peru it is called Ojé Renaco, Renaco, or Ojé, while in Brazil it is called Caxinguba, Figuier, or Figueira.^[5]

Occurrence

The species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.^[2]