Ficus longifolia
Species of plant
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Ficus longifolia, the narrow leaf fig, is a species of fig tree native to tropical South America, ranging from Colombia and Venezuela to Peru, Bolivia, and southeastern Brazil, where it grows in tropical moist forest.[2] This plant is used for medicine and food,[2] and is well known as an ornamental.[3]
| Narrow leaf fig | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Subgenus: | F. subg. Urostigma |
| Species: | F. longifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus longifolia | |
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The species was first described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1827.[2]
