Ficus catappifolia

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Ficus catappifolia

Description

Tree up to 15m tall. Branchlets 5-10 mm thick, glabrous, periderm usually flaking off when dry. Stipules 1-2 cm long, minutely puberulous or only ciliolate, caducous; petiole 1-1.5(-2.5) cm long, glabrous; blade coriaceousnarrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic, 12-38 x 4-15 cm, apex rounded (to obtuse), base cordate to rounded, margin entire, glabrous on both sides; secondary veins 10-13 pairs. Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, ellipsoid to narrowly ellipsoid, 1.1-1.8 cm in diam., minutely puberulous, at maturity dull purple, subsessile or up to 0.3 cm long pedunculate; basal bracts 2, ca. 5 mm long; ostiole 1.5-2 mm in diam., prominent.

Distribution

Amazon Basin present, Delta Amacuro present, Guianas present, NE Venezuela present, Southern America: Brazil North (Amapá present, Pará present)
The Guianas, extending to NE Venezuela (Delta Amacuro) and the Amazon Basin (Amapa and Para).

Figures

Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, , , , , subsessile or ;1
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