Ficus altissima

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Ficus altissima

Description

Tree up to 40 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 2-4 cm long, densely whitish puberulous, caducous. Ovary partly red.

Distribution

Andaman Islands present, Asia-Tropical: Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), India to S China present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Mindoro present, Myanmar present
India to S China, Myanmar, Indochina, Thailand, Andaman Islands; in Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java, Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao), Celebes.

Citation

Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas Baumart. Java: t. 715-717
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 220
Watt 1890 – In: Dict. Econ. Prod. India: 342
Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1243
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 286
K. Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Indië: 567
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 15
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 349
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 262, 285
M.F. Barrett 1945: p. 394. – In: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club: f. 1
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 31
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1003
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 85
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 209
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 780
King 1887: p. 30. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 30
Blume 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 44
Merr. 1903 – In: Bull. Bur. For. Philipp.: 17
F.B. Forbes & Hemsl. 1899 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 457
Merr. 1950 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 31: 276
Koord. 1898: Versl. Minahassa: 596
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 441
Wight 1843 – In: Ic.: t. 656
Blume 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 504
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 442