Ficus L. subg. Sycomorus (Gasp.) Miq. sect. Dammaropsis (Warb.) C.C. Berg
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Description
Trees or shrubs, monocaul or sparingly branched with pachycladous branches.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged, ± tufted;
stipules often subpersistent.
stamens 1 or 2.
Fruits lenticular, simply keeled, smooth, whitish.
Distribution
From the Philippines to the Solomon Islands present, Melanesia present
From the Philippines to the Solomon Islands; 5 species of which 2 Melanesian (F. solomonensis Rech. and F. theophrastoides Seem.).
Notes
1The section is characterized by monocaul or sparingly branched pachycladous trees with large leaves in tufts. The small-leaved form F. theophrastoides var. angustifolia Corner (1972) 432 indicates that the difference in leaf size as found between F. pseudopalma and F. rivularis can even be found within a species.
2The variation in the degree of fusion of the tepals of the pistillate flowers is mentioned above.
3Species of Ceratosolen subg. Strepitus are pollinators of the species of this section.