Ficus L. subg. Sycomorus (Gasp.) Miq. sect. Sycocarpus Miq.
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Description
Dioecious trees or shrubs;
internal hairs mostly present.
Leaves spirally arranged, often partly (sub)opposite or (sub)distichous, often ± asymmetric, mostly chartaceous (to subcoriaceous), margin mostly dentate (to denticulate);
stamens 1 (or 2).
Fruits mostly brown to blackish, lenticular with a distinct margin (rim) and a ± prominent pseudohilum.
Distribution
Malesian region present, Sino-Himalayan region present, Solomon Islands present
The section comprises at least 86 species of which 72 occur in the Malesian region, only six of them extend just or far outside this region. Eleven species (), related to Malesian ones, are endemics of the Solomon Islands. Six species are elements of the Sino-Himalayan region: F. conglobata King, F. griffithii (Miq.) Miq. and the rheophytic F. squamosa Roxb. are confined to this region; F. obpyramidata, F. schwarzii, and F. scortechinii extend to Malesia.
Citation
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 296
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 322
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 326
King 1887 – In: Sp. Ficus: 2, 97
Corner 1962 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 19: 394
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 292, 375
Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 18: 36