Ficus oleifolia
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Description
Shrub or (slender) treelet up to 6 m tall, sometimes subscandent, epiphytic or epilithic.
internal hairs absent or present in ‘seed-figs’, ‘seed-figs’ with 1-c. 20 flowers.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 0.3-1.7 cm long, ciliolate or entirely glabrous, caducous.
Morphology
1This species shows similarities to F. deltoidea in the variation of leaves and figs, although the range of variation is more limited. Considerable variation is found in the dimensions, shape and venation of the lamina, the diameter of the petiole, and the dimensions and shape of the figs. Also ecologically the two species show strong similarities. The epiphytic life form appears to be less common in F. oleifolia than in F. deltoidea.
2The morphological differentiation allows recognition of three subspecies: subsp. monantha, subsp. oleifolia, and subsp. intermedia.