Ficus schumanniana

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Ficus schumanniana

Description

Tree up to 12 m tall or shrub. Branchlets often drying red brown. internal hairs abundant. Leaves distichous; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.4-0.7 cm long, sparsely minutely puberulous to hispidulous, caducous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Bougainville present, Kolombangara Island present, Malesia to the Solomon Islands present, New Britain present, Northern Shortland Island present
Malesia to the Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Northern Shortland Island, Kolombangara Island); in Malesia: New Guinea (eastern, incl. New Britain).

Morphology

The fused waxy glands at the base of the midrib beneath is a character that distinguishes this species from F. leptodictya and F. pseudowassa. Moreover, the tertiary venation is very regular with the intercostals close together and the apex of the lamina is subcaudate and gradually narrowed.

Citation

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 70
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 197