Ficus subapiculata is a species of flowering plant in the fig family (Moraceae). It is a tree native to the tropical South America, ranging from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru through northern Brazil to French Guiana. It grows in Amazon rainforest in light, sandy lowland soils.Josias Martins dos Anjos Cruz, Renilto Frota Corrêa, Valdely Ferreira Kinupp, Michele Fernandes Pereira, Kidney de Oliveira Gomes Neves, Jojo Silva Rodrigues, Bianca Muniz Lacerda Ventura, Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes, Edgar Aparecido Sanches, Pedro Henrique Campelo, Jaqueline de Araújo Bezerra (2025) Amazon fig (Ficus subapiculata): A unconventional food plant with technological potential for the food industry, Food Chemistry: X, Volume 29, 2025, 102699, ISSN 2590-1575, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fochx.2025.102699.
The species was first described as Urostigma subapiculatum by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel in 1853. In 1867 Miquel placed the species in genus Ficus as F. subapiculata.
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