Ficus cereicarpa

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Ficus cereicarpa

Description

Tree up to 9 m tall. internal hairs abundant; wall thick. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules (1.5-)2.5-5 cm long, whitish to brown villous to subsericeous to subhirsute, caducous or subpersistent.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present
Malesia: Borneo (northern).

Morphology

3The figs are edible, also when green. 1This species is quite variable in shape and dimensions of the fig receptacle, length of the peduncle, and presence of lateral bracts. 2 is distinct from the others in the up to 4 cm long fig peduncle with a narrow fig receptacle (up to 1.5 cm diam.) without lateral bracts and small (c. 3 mm long) basal bracts.

Citation

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 91