Ficus elastica
Description
Tree up to 30 m tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules (1.5-)6-25 cm long, glabrous or white puberulous, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: East Himalaya (Sikkim present); Jawa (Jawa present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Malaysia present, Myanmar present, NE India present, Northern present, Perak present
NE India, Sikkim, Myanmar; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (northern), Sumatra, Java. The natural range of distribution is certain. It is certainly natural in NE India, Sikkim, Myanmar, and Perak (Malaysia) and probably occurs naturally in Sumatra and Java. It is frequently planted in the range indicated, as well as elsewhere in the tropics (and subtropics).
Citation
Miq. 1859: p. 347. – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: t. 23E.
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 24
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 334
Kunth 1847 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot.: 233
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 182
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 146
Link 1822 – In: Enum. Hort. Berol.: 448
Roxb. 1977: p. 43. – In: Rev. Handbook Fl. Ceyl.: t. 18
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 265, 287
Kamerling 1913: p. 488. – In: Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges.: (hydathodes)
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 126
P. Hiltz 1950: p. 453. – In: Rev. Gén. Bot.: (cystoliths)
Solms 1885: Bot. Zeit.: 532
M.F. Barrett 1951 – In: Am. Midl. Nat.: 129
King 1887: p. 45. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 54
Giesenh. 1890: p. 1. – In: Flora: (cystoliths)
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees: 677: t. 202, 203, f. 252
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1007
Wight 1843 – In: Ic.: t. 663
Guillaumin 1949 – In: Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris): 722
Koord. 1907: Notizbl. Berl.-Dahl.: n. 40 (fungi on F. elastica)
Simon 1914 – In: Jahrb. Syst. Wiss. Bot.: 98
Blume 1825: Bijdr.: 446
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 381
Griff. 1839: As. J. n.s.: 14
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 181
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 344
Gasp. 1845 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot.: 345
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas: t. 740, 741
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 23
Worth. 1959: Ceylon Trees: f. 406
King 1888 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 508
Renner 1952: p. 297. – In: Ber. Deut. Bot. Ges.: (chimera)
L.H. Bailey & E.Z. Bailey 1941: Hort. Sec.: 308
K. Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Indië: 750
Gasp. 1845: Ric. Caprifico: 83: t. 8
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 777
Watt 1890 – In: Dict. Econ. Prod. India: 350
Roxb. 1832: Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 3: 541
Griff. 1854 – In: Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 552
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 444
Miq. 1859: p. 348. – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: t. 24B.
Roxb. 1906 – In: Éc. Div. Agr. Comm. Indo-Chine: 1104
L. Ajello 1941: p. 589. – In: Amer. J. Bot.: (cystoliths)
Hornem. 1819: Hort. Bot. Hafn.: 7