Ficus fistulosa
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Description
Tree up to 10(-18) m tall.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged or (partly) subopposite, on ultimate branches distichous;
stipules 0.5-1.5(-2.5) cm long, glabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous, caducous.
Distribution
Alor present, Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Flores present, Lombok present, Madang present, NE India present, S China present, Sukarnapura present, Sumba present, Sumbawa present
NE India to S China, Taiwan, and Malesia; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores, Alor), New Guinea (near Sukarnapura, near Madang).
Notes
7A single collection from New Guinea, near Sukarnapura, thus occurring clearly isolated from the known (main) range of distribution, belongs without doubt to this species.
1The species is very variable in size and shape of the lamina and in the shape and position of the figs. It is not quite clear whether the presence of figs in the leaf axils is linked to their presence (on woody tubercules) on the older wood, or whether it is a matter of early stages of development, or whether it is to some extent related to occurrence at high altitudes.
3In material with axillary figs the petiole is mostly relatively short, on average longer in material with cauliflorous figs.
6Corner (1965) regarded some material from Borneo placed in F. condensa as distinct from F. fistulosa largely on the basis of the fig receptacle turning red at maturity and some features of the long-styled flower: the presence of hairs on the style and a very short perianth. However, these flower characters are variable in F. fistulosa and even in material referred to F. condensa. The difference in colour seems not to be a character strong enough to justify recognition at species level.
2The sparsely hairy form of F. congesta resembles very much F. fistulosa, in particular, in the western part of its range of distribution, where the figs tend to match the dimensions of those of F. fistulosa. It is in its vegetative parts often more or less distinct in the relatively large lamina of which the base varies from cuneate to subcordate. It is clearly distinct in the fig-bearing branches, which are slender and at least 10 cm long, but may elongate to at least 40 cm.
4In the Philippines, the leaf margin can be lobate.
5Plants can start flowering as a sapling.
Citation
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 63
Elmer 1907 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 256
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 772
Corner 1933: p. 26. – In: J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc.: f. 12, 13
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 147
Corner 1933 – In: J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc.: 28
Philipp. J. Sci. 1907 – In: Philipp. J. Sci.: 270
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 284, 296
Ochse & Bakh. 1931: Veg. Dutch East Indies: 496
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 93
Elmer 1914 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 2392
Corner 1933 – In: J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc.: 42
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 272
Miq. 1965 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 93
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 223
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 398
Miq. 1861: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 435
F.B. Forbes & Hemsl. 1899 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 459
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1009
King 1888: p. 113. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 148
King 1888: p. 114. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 150, 151
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 315
Elmer 1937 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 3448
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 56
Merr. 1918: Sp. Blancoan.: 127
Blume 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 274
Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1254
Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1321
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 147
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 146
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 51
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 205
Miq. 1864: Choix Pl. Buitenzorg: t. 15
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 28, 29, 32
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 296
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 53
Blume 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 525
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 327
Koord. 1918 – In: Atlas Baumart. Java: t. 765
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 325
Elmer 1908 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 541
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 459
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 93
K. Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Indië: 570
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 342
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 93
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 316
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 343
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 817
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 222
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees: 684
Griff. 1854 – In: Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 556 (1).
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 93