Ficus lamponga
Description
Tree up to 33 m tall, becoming slightly buttressed, deciduous;
internal hairs abundant, yellow.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 0.5-1.2 cm long, brown appressed-puberulous to strigillose mostly only on the keel or glabrous outside and only ciliolate, caducous.
Distribution
Andaman Islands present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Myanmar present, NE India present
NE India, Myanmar, Indochina, Thailand, Andaman Islands; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes.
Morphology
2The species is closely related to F. glandulifera, from which it can be distinguished by the absence of pairs of waxy glands and more numerous lateral veins. A single ± band-shaped gland is often found, in material outside Malesia, at the base of the petiole.
1The species is quite uniform. The material from Borneo is sparsely hairy, the stipules often only ciliolate.
Citation
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 451
Kurz 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 522
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 294
Corner 1970: p. 370. – In: Philos. Trans.: t. 15
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 404
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 788
King 1888 – In: Sp. Ficus: 163
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 150
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 450
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 350
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 47
Miq. 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 282
Gagnep. 1929 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 822