Ficus globosa
Description
Climber, or hemi-epiphytic shrub or treelet.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 0.5-1.5(-6) cm long, with sparse to dense dark brown appressed indumentum or subglabrous, caducous.
Ovary partly reddish.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Banka present, Myanmar present
Myanmar, Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra (incl. Riouw, Lingga, Banka), Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo.
Morphology
The presence of dark brown appressed minute hairs on the leafy twigs and fig receptacles is characteristic. Similar indumentum is found in some other species, in particular F. kochummeniana.
Citation
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 147
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 336
Blume 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 503
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 12
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1010
Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 380
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 441
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 12, 98
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 22, 30, 33
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 262, 285
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 88
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 333
Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 380
King 1887: p. 27. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 25
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 337
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 224
H.J.P. Winkl. 1913 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 361
Blume 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 246
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas Baumart. Java: t. 718