Ficus gamostyla
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Description
Root-climber.
Branchlets drying brown to blackish.
internal hairs absent (?).
Leaves distichous;
stipules 0.3-0.5 cm long, glabrous, caducous (or subpersistent).
Stamens not seen.
Taxonomy
2 Coherence of stigmas of long-styled flowers, indicated as distinctive for the species, is also found in related species, such as F. disticha and F. distichoidea.
1This species, only know by the type collection, resembles F. disticha and F. warburgii; it differs from both in the longer peduncle and the subacuminate to acute apex of the lamina, and from the former also in the larger lamina.