Ficus stricta
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Description
Tree up to 40 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves subdistichous;
stipules (0.7-)2-3 cm long, glabrous, drying often pale brown (to blackish), caducous, often involute when dry.
Ovary partly red to whitish.
Distribution
Andaman Islands present, Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Atjeh present, Burma present, Luzon cultivated, S China present
Burma (Andaman Islands), S China, Indochina; in Malesia: Sumatra (Atjeh), Malay Peninsula, Java, Philippines (Luzon, probably only in cultivation).
Taxonomy
This species is very close to F. benjamina from which it differs in the large basal bracts, unequal in shape and size, and in the distinctly longer stipules. The species occurs scattered in the western part of the range of F. benjamina and is rather poorly represented in herbarium collections.
Citation
Miq. 1854 – In: Zoll., Syst. Verz. 2: 91
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 21
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 24
Miq. 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 226
King 1887: p. 44. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 53
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas Baumart. Java: t. 736
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 758
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 157
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 344
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 122