Ficus sarawakensis

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Ficus sarawakensis

Description

Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown. internal hairs sparse. Leaves distichous; stipules 0.6-1 cm long, sparsely appressed-puberulous, caducous (or subpersistent as on the fig-bearing spurs). Stamen 1.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sarawak present)
Borneo (Sarawak).

Taxonomy

This species shows affinities to F. tulipifera, from which it differs in the narrower lamina with the venation impressed above.

Citation

Kochummen 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 247