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Ficus aurea
''Ficus aurea'', commonly known as the Florida strangler fig (or simply strangler fig), golden fig, or ''higuerón'',〔 is a tree in the family Moraceae that is native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. The specific epithet ''aurea'' was applied by English botanist Thomas Nuttall who described the species in 1846.
''Ficus aurea'' is a strangler fig. In figs of this group, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree with the seedling living as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground. After that, it enlarges and strangles its host, eventually becoming a free-standing tree in its own right. Individuals may reach in height. Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps: figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can only reproduce in fig flowers. The tree provides habitat, food and shelter for a host of tropical lifeforms including epiphytes in cloud forests and birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates. ''F. aurea'' is used in traditional medicine, for live fencing, as an ornamental and as a bonsai.
==Description==
''Ficus aurea'' is a tree which may reach heights of .〔(Flora de Nicaragua ) database. Tropicos. Retrieved on 2008-07-02〕 It is monoecious: each tree bears functional male and female flowers.〔 Figs are generally evergreen, but ''F. aurea'' is briefly leafless in winter at the northern end of its range in Florida.〔 The size and shape of the leaves is variable. Some plants have leaves that are usually less than 10 cm (4 in) long while others have leaves that are larger. The shape of the leaves and of the leaf base also varies—some plants have leaves that are oblong or elliptic with a wedge-shaped to rounded base, while others have heart-shaped or ovate leaves with cordate to rounded bases. ''F. aurea'' has paired figs〔 which are green when unripe, turning yellow as they ripen. They differ in size (0.6–0.8 cm (), about 1 cm (), or 1.0–1.2 cm () in diameter); figs are generally sessile, but in parts of northern Mesoamerica figs are borne on short stalks known as peduncles.〔
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