Ficus erinobotrya
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Description
Shrub or tree up to 8 m tall.
Branchlets often drying red-brown.
internal hairs abundant, brownish.
Leaves distichous;
stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.7-1 cm long, puberulous, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, New Britain present, New Ireland present, Solomon Islands present
New Guinea (New Britain and New Ireland) extending to the Solomon Islands.
Notes
2The material from the Solomon Islands differs slightly from the material from New Britain, as in a less strongly asymmetric base of the lamina, the somewhat longer petioles, and/or sparser indument (var. solomonensis Corner with a forma glabrior Corner).
1This species can be easily recognized by the strongly asymmetric base of the lamina, the lobe of the broad side covering the petiole and by the presence of an additional waxy gland in the axil of the lateral vein below the major one at the broad side of the lamina, like in F. elmeri, F. fiskei, and F. odorata from the Philippines.
3This species shows affinities to F. gryllus Corner () from the Solomon Islands.