Ficus disticha

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Description

Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown to blackish. internal hairs sparse or absent. Leaves distichous; stipules 0.3-0.8 cm long, glabrous or minutely puberulous, caducous (or subpersistent on twigs with asymmetric laminas). Stamens 2.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Ceram present, From Myanmar to Thailand and Malesia present, Halmahera present, New Britain present, Solomon Islands present, Ternate present

From Myanmar to Thailand and Malesia; in Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas (Halmahera, Ceram, Ternate), New Guinea (incl. New Britain); extending to the Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

1In the present concept of the species, F. agapetoides, F. callicarpides, and F. calodictya, recognized by Corner (1965) as distinct, are included in F. disticha. The material from Borneo described as F. callicarpides, differs from the typical F. disticha material in the asymmetric lamina, apparently representing a subacrophyll state of the species with predominantly symmetric lamina, although transitions to the asymmetric lamina can sometimes be found (as in collection Anderson 8535). The situation is somewhat less clear with regard to the material referred to the other two species, largely because of the position of the staminate (and neuter) flowers: ostiolar versus disperse. For this reason two subspecies are currently recognized. 2 Ficus disticha is closely related to F. diversiformis from Sri Lanka, the latter being distinct in the long peduncles and/or stipes of the receptacles and the hairy lower surface of the lamina in some collections.

Citation

Miq. 1848 – In: London J. Bot.: 440

Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 337

Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 21

Blume 1859: p. 316. – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: t. 22B

Náves & Fern.-Vill. 1880: Nov. App.: 201

Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 220

Elmer 1914 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 2388

S. Vidal 1885: Phan. Cuming.: 145

Koord. 1898: Minah.: 598

King 1888: p. 126. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 160

Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1262

Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 145

Blume 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 244

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 58

Blume 1851: Pl. Jungh.: 56

Elmer 1908 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 546

Hochr. 1925 – In: Candollea: 332

Koord. 1924 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: t. 770

Blume 1867 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 294

Blume 1886: Rev. Pl. Vasc. Filip.: 253

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 51