Ficus saxophila

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Ficus saxophila

Description

Tree, hemi-epiphytic, secondarily terrestrial, sometimes becoming buttressed trees up to c. 35 m tall. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 0.3-1 cm long, glabrous or (partly as on the margin) white puberulous to subtomentose, caducous. Ovary dark red-brown.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Cebu present, Christmas Island present, Langkawi present, Luzon present, Negros present, Timor present
Thailand, Vietnam, Christmas Island; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (Langkawi), Java, Philippines (Luzon, Cebu, Negros), Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor), New Guinea.

Citation

Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 537
Elmer 1908 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 537
Merr. 1906 – In: Philipp. J. Sci.: 47
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 260, 287
Elmer 1937 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 3478
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 6
Blume 1927 – In: Ned. Ind. Blad. Diergen.: 263, 335
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 65
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas: t. 702
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 56
King 1887: p. 17. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 12
Decne. 1834 – In: Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris: 493
Backer 1948 – In: Blumea: 303