Ficus gilapong
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Description
Tree up to 10 m.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged or (sub)opposite;
stipules 0.8-1.2 cm long, whitish to brownish strig(ill)ose to subsericeous to subhirsute, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Atjeh present
Malesia: Sumatra (Atjeh) and Malay Peninsula.
Taxonomy
1This species resembles F. hypogaea in the features of the leaves and indumentum; it differs in the shorter stipules and the presence of waxy glands in the axils of lateral veins in the middle part of the lamina. Ficus gilapong is apparently not geocarpic, in contrast to F. hypogaea. The hairy and non-ribbed fig receptacle of F. gilapong is much larger than that of F. hypogaea, which is glabrous and distinctly ribbed.
2 Corner (1965) combined these two species: but Miquel’s description of F. gilapong (1861) and the features of the sterile collection on which it was based justify recognition as a distinct species.