Ficus asperiuscula

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Ficus asperiuscula

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Description

Shrub up to 2 m tall. Branchlets drying (red-)brown. internal hairs absent or few. Leaves distichous; stipules semi-amplexicaul to amplexicaul, 0.3-0.5 cm long, puberulous, keeled, caducous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sumatera (Sumatera present), Central present, Western present
Sumatra and Java (western and central).

Morphology

This species is distinct in the occurrence of uncinate hairs, an unusual type of indumentum in Ficus.

Citation

Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 292
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 322
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 26
Kunth & C.D. Bouché 1851: Pl. Jungh.: 58
Miq. 1848 – In: London J. Bot.: 234
Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 473
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 73
Kunth & C.D. Bouché 1847 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot.: 253
Miq. in Zoll. 1854 – In: Syst. Verz.: 77
Koord. 1924 – In: Exk. Fl. Java: t. 763
Kunth & C.D. Bouché 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 300