Ficus primaria

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Ficus primaria

Description

Tree up to 30 m tall, with up to 1.5 m high buttresses. internal hairs abundant to sparse. Leaves spirally arranged to subopposite; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.6-1.3 cm long, sparsely appressed-puberulous to glabrous (only punctate), caducous, but (sub)persistent in tufts at the apices of the leafy twigs.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Madang Province present, Manokwari present, Morobe Province present, New Britain present, Western Highlands Province present
New Guinea (Western: near Manokwari; eastern: Madang Province, Morobe Province, Western Highlands Province, New Britain).

Citation

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 66