Ficus lasiocarpa

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Ficus lasiocarpa

Description

Shrub or tree up to 6 m tall, or liana. Branchlets drying brown. internal hairs absent. Leaves distichous; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 1-1.5 cm long, brown subhirtellous, caducous or subpersistent.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Sumatra.

Morphology

The midrib is distinctly impressed in coriaceous laminas, but not in subcoriaceous ones on certain (rapidly growing?) shoots.

Citation

Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 278
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 394
King 1887: p. 9. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 7
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 77