Ficus multistipularis
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Description
Sparingly branched shrub.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves (sub)opposite or spirally arranged, ± tufted;
stipules 1.5-4 cm long, brown strigose, (sub)persistent.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Cataduanes present, Luzon present, Samar present
Malesia: Philippines (Luzon, Cataduanes, Samar).
Taxonomy
This species is probably closely related to F. carpentaria, from which it differs in the longer stipules (more or less concealing the figs), the ± tufted and often opposite leaves, the almost symmetric lamina with a distinctly dent(icul)ate margin, and appressed hairs on the various parts. It might prove to merit only a subspecific status.