US Plant Patent PP9323
Bambino
Ficus lyrata plant named `Bambino`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired December 6, 2014. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP9323
- Filed
- December 6, 1994
- Granted
- October 10, 1995
- Expires
- December 6, 2014
- Inventor
- VAN DER KNAAP EDUARD J M
Abstract
A new and distinct Ficus lyrata cultivar named Bambino is provided that is well suited for growing in pots as an attractive foliage plant. The growth habit of the new cultivar is extremely compact. The leaves are uniformly green with light venation and lack variegation. The leaves also are smaller and thicker than those commonly exhibited by Ficus lyrata. Additionally, the petioles are extremely short when compared to those commonly exhibited by Ficus lyrata.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
I claim: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Ficus lyrata, substantially as herein shown and described, having the following combination of characteristics: (a) exhibits an extremely compact growth habit unlike that typically exhibited by Ficus lyrata. (b) forms uniformly green leaves with light venation, (c) forms smaller and thicker leaves than are typically exhibited by Ficus lyrata, and (d) forms extremely short petioles that commonly are considerably longer in Ficus lyrata.
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