Ficus brachypoda
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Description
Tree up to 15 m tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 1-2(-3) cm long, minutely white puberulous or glabrous, caducous.
Fruits not embedded in the wall.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present, Flores present, Malesia to northern and central Australia present, Roti present, Sumba present, Timor present
Malesia to northern and central Australia; in Malesia: Lesser Sunda Islands (Flores, Sumba, Timor, Roti).
Notes
1The material from Flores differs from that of the other islands in longer petioles, (1.5-)3-6 vs 0.2-0.8 cm, longer peduncles, 0.2-0.5(-0.8) vs 0.1-0.2 cm long, and somewhat larger fig receptacle, 0.6-0.12 vs 0.4-0.8 cm diam. when dry.
2Material from Sumba was referred to F. platypoda var. platypoda and var. cordata (see Corner 1965: 27).
3The material included in the current treatment has been identified by Dr. Dixon (Australia).