Ficus suffruticosa
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Description
Shrub 1 m high.
internal hairs abundant, yellowish.
Leaves (sub)distichous;
stipules 1.2-1.5 cm long, partly subsericeous, caducous.
Taxonomy
This species shows close affinities to F. subcuneata in the characters of the vegetative parts and in the caducous basal bracts. As suggested by Corner (1969) the type material of F. suffruticosa might be a precociously flowering specimen of F. subcuneata. Because of the small size of the receptacle, the (conspicuous) narrow erect apical bracts, and the small size of the basal bracts (matching those of the Moluccan specimens of F. subcuneata) F. suffruticosa is (provisionally) maintained as distinct at the species level.