Ficus adenosperma

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Description

Shrub or tree up to 20 m tall, with spreading branches; internal hairs few to numerous, whitish or brownish. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 0.5-2.5 cm long strigose to subsericeous or (sub)glabrous, caducous.

Distribution

Aru Islands present, Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), From Malesia to Australia present, New Hebrides present, Solomon Islands present, Sula Islands present, Tanimbar Islands present

From Malesia to Australia (Queensland), Solomon Islands, and New Hebrides; in Malesia: Celebes, Moluccas (Sula Islands, Tanimbar Islands, Aru Islands), New Guinea.

Taxonomy

1This species is variable in its indumentum and in the shape and dimensions of the lamina. Lateral bracts may be present or absent. The variation led to distinction of some varieties and forms, which can be regarded as extremes of the variation that seems to be continuous rather than discontinuous, with some geographic aspects, as the glabrous morph becoming more common in the eastern part of the species range and the only one found in the Solomon Islands and Queensland. 2This species is very closely related to F. comitis; the latter is distinct in being glabrous, having larger leaves with a distinctly acuminate apex, clearly scalariform tertiary venation (usually with more than 5 intercostals), and the ﬁgs often 3-6 together on spurs in the leaf axils and below the leaves. 3Ficus adenosperma shows afﬁnities to both F. arbuscula and F. erythrosperma. Ficus arbuscula is distinct by the distinctly tufted leaves and F. erythrosperma by the distinctly scalariform tertiary venation, the lower lateral veins often not being distinctly loop-connected, the basal lateral veins being not or hardly distinct, the relatively short petiole, and the distinctly acuminate lamina apex.

Citation

F.M. Bailey 1902 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 1473

Engl. 1889 – In: Forschungsr. S.M.S. Gazelle: 27

Summerh. 1941 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 93

Benth. 1970 – In: Blumea: 404

King 1887: p. 7. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 14

Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 202

Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 232

Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 201

Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 202

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 81

Summerh. 1929 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 10: 143, 206

Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 393

Benth. 1913: Compr. Cat. Qld. Pl.: 487