Ficus microsyce

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Ficus microsyce

Description

Small tree or shrub, hemi-epiphytic or climbing. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 0.5-1 cm long, (very) minutely white puberulous or glabrous, caducous. Ovary partly red.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula.

Morphology

The structure of the ostiole with seemingly more than three ostiolar bracts around the opening is unusual.

Citation

Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 151
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 21