Ficus sulcata
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Description
Treelet up to 5 (or more?) m tall.
internal hairs absent or sparse, whitish.
Leaves spirally arranged to subdistichous or (sub)opposite;
stipules 1.2-3.5 cm long, whitish to brownish hirtellous to substrigose, (usually) subpersistent.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Palawan present, Panay present
Malesia: Philippines (Palawan and Panay).
Taxonomy
Although F. sulcata has been included in the typical variety of F. vrieseana by Corner (1965), the differences between the collections from Sumatra and Java (currently under F. vrieseana) and those of the Philippines (currently under F. sulcata) are such that keeping them in two taxa at the species level appears to be justified. The differences are: e.g., lamina (almost) symmetric versus distinctly asymmetric, stipules subpersistent (and relatively long) versus (usually) caducous, ostiole small and ± depressed versus larger and prominent.