Ficus balica
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Description
Tree up to 12 m tall.
internal hairs minute, abundant to few or absent.
Leaves in lax spirals, sometimes (sub)opposite;
stipules lateral, subovate, chartaceous, c. 0.5 cm long, minutely appressed-puberulous, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present), Eastern present, Flores present, Lombok present, Sumbawa present
Java (eastern) and Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores).
Taxonomy
4In Flores, these forms of this species also co-occur with F. wassa, which can be distinguished from the sparsely hairy form by the somewhat longer and narrow (subsubulate) stipules, the persistent epidermis of the petiole, and the usually cuneate to rounded base of the lamina.
3In Lombok, Sumbawa, and Flores, most collections are distinct in the dense (sub)tomentose indumentum on the leafy twig, the petiole, the midrib above, the veins of the lamina beneath, and/or on the fig receptacle and peduncle. Among these collections there are some in Flores which have fig receptacles (1-1.5 cm diam.) on long peduncles (up to 2.5 cm long). The hairy form with large figs has been recognized by Corner (1960) as var. colfsii. In Flores, both a densely hairy and a sparsely hairy form as well as a form with a small fig receptacles (0.4-0.5 cm diam. when dry) with short peduncles and the form with the large figs can be found.
1This tree species resembles the usually frutescent F. montana, co- occurring in Java. The latter can be distinguished by the cuneate to rounded base of the lamina, the longer and more stiff stipules, and the persistent epidermis of the petiole.
2This species does not show the features characteristic for intermittent growth.