Ficus ischnopoda
Description
Shrub up to 6 m tall, with internodes distinctly different in length and leaves ± tufted at the end of branches.
internal hairs few, short.
Leaves spirally arranged, sometimes subopposite or subverticillate;
stipules 0.5-1 cm long, lateral to semi-amplexicaul, glabrous, caducous (or subpersistent).
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: China South-Central (Yunnan present), Asia-Tropical: Bangladesh (Bangladesh present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present), Chittagong present, Myanmar present, NE India present
NE India, Bangladesh (Chittagong), Myanmar, China (Yunnan), Indochina, Thailand; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula.
Morphology
2The bases of the stipules can be rather broad and encircling more than half the circumference of the twigs, especially in the lower part of the branchlets (with relatively long internodes). At more distal parts (with shorter internodes), the leaves can be subopposite or subverticillate and the stipules usually have narrow bases and are clearly lateral.
1In (more) northern parts of the species range the lamina is often broader (to subobovate and to 6 cm broad) and chartaceous, the stipules often subpersistent, and the lamina sometimes densely hairy beneath.