Ficus trigonata
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Description
Tree up to 20 m tall. Branchlets 5-15 mm thick, minutely puberulous to almost glabrous. Stipules 0.5-3 cm long, minutely puberulous to subsericeous, caducous; petiole 1-8 cm long, sparsely to densely minutely puberulous, sometimes hirtellous; blade (sub)coriaceous, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, or narrowly obovate, 6-28 x 4-12 cm, apex rounded to shortly acuminate, base rounded to subcordate, sometimes obtuse or subacute, margin entire, glabrous or sparsely puberulous above, puberulous to almost glabrous beneath; secondary veins 8-10(-15) pairs, reticulum beneath (almost) plane. Figs usually in pairs in the leaf axils, (sub)globose, (1-)1.5-2 cm in diam., minutely puberulous to glabrous, at maturity yellowish-green (with brown spots); peduncle 2-12 mm long; basal bracts 2, ca. 4.5 mm long; ostiole 2-2.5 mm in diam., surrounded by triangular or almost circular rim.
Distribution
East Brazil present, Greater Antilles present, Guianas present, Guyana present, Northern America
From the Greater Antilles and Mexico through the Upper Amazon Basin to East Brazil; it is not certain whether this taxon occurs in the Guianas; a poor specimen from Guyana (Anonymus s.n. in herb. Marti us in BR) might belong to F. trigonata .