Ficus arbuscula
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Description
Shrub up to 3 m tall, spreading with flat-topped crown, with apparent Terminalia-branching.
internal hairs sparse to abundant white.
Leaves spirally arranged, tufted;
stipules 0.5-1.5 cm long, glabrous, subpersistent or caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Halmahera present, Morotai present
Malesia: Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera) and New Guinea.
Notes
4Figs axillary and cauliflorous on the same plant.
1This species can easily be distinguished from F. adenosperma by the tufted leaves, the long and very short internodes of the twigs, and the apparent Terminalia mode of branching.
3Ficus arbuscula resembles F. verticillaris from the Solomon Islands; the latter has smaller figs (0.5-0.6 cm diam. when dry) without lateral bracts.
2The species is quite variable in the dimensions and shape of the leaves and figs.