Ficus virens

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Ficus virens

Description

Tree up to 35 m tall, hemi-epiphytic, deciduous. internal hairs abundant, chaffy. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 0.3-1.5 (on opening shoots to 8) cm long, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulous, caducous or subpersistent at the apex of the leafy twigs and then usually forming ovoid terminal buds. Ovary red-brown.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate: Hainan (Hainan present), Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Caroline Islands present, Flores present, From Sri Lanka to southern China present, Langkawi Island present, Morotai present, New Britain present, Palawan present, Solomon Islands present, Sumba present, Sumbawa present, Tanimbar Islands present, Timor present, northern Australia present
From Sri Lanka to southern China (incl. Hainan), Thailand, Vietnam, Caroline Islands, Solomon Islands, northern Australia; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula (and Langkawi Island), Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali, Sumba, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor), Borneo, Philippines (Palawan), Celebes, Moluccas (Morotai, Tanimbar Islands), New Guinea (incl. New Britain).

Morphology

2 The figs are sessile or up to 0.1 cm long pedunculate throughout Malesia, but outside this region the peduncle can be longer, up to 0.6 cm, as in Australia and India. 1This species is very variable in many characters, as in the position of the figs from axillary to ramiflorous, the shape of the lamina, the length of the petiole, and the formation of clear terminal resting buds.

Citation

Kunth & C.D. Bouché 1847 – In: Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot.: 244
Simon 1914 – In: Jahrb. Wiss. Bot.: 93
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 286
K. Schum. & Lauterb. 1900: Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee: 273
Wight 1843 – In: Ic.: t. 665
auct. non Blume: Alston 1938: Kandy Fl: 34: f. 181
Summerh. 1941 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 22: 87
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 287
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 340
Aiton 1977: p. 128. – In: Rev. Handbook Fl. Ceyl.: t. 7
King 1888 – In: Sp. Ficus: 185
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 337
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 339
Becc. 1902: For. Borneo: 525
K. Heyne 1927: Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Indië: 571
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 342
Domin 1921 – In: Bibl. Bot.: 563
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 336
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas: t. 745
Ochse & Bakh. 1931: Veg. Dutch East Indies: 497
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 140
Blume 1948 – In: Blumea: 308
Miq. 1861: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 437
Watt 1890 – In: Dict. Econ. Prod. India: 355
F.M. Bailey 1902 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 1474
G. Karst. & Schenck 1912 – In: Vegetationsbilder: t. 21
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 223
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 383
King 1887: p. 60. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 75-78
F.M. Bailey 1902 – In: Queensl. Fl.: 1468
Diels 1901 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 299
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 382
Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 376
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 161
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 446
King 1887: p. 49. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 60
Volkens 1902 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 462
Roxb. 1832: Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 3: 551
Rehder 1936 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 74
Diels 1938 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 398
Griff. 1854 – In: Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 550
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 265, 286
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas: t. 746
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 760
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 264
King 1888 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 511
F. Muell. 1874 – In: Fragm. Phyt. Austral.: 246
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 35
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 141
Miq. 1854 – In: Zoll., Syst. Verz. 2: 90
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 343
Vreede 1949 – In: Ann. Bot. Gard. Buitenzorg: 146
Specht 1958 – In: Rec. Am. Austral. Exp. Arnhem Land: 217
Roth 1821: Nov. Pl. Sp.: 392
Engl. 1886 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 451
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 268, 286
M.F. Barrett 1946 – In: Am. Midl. Nat.: 425
Gagnep. 1928 – In: Fl. Indo-Chine: 759
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1009
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 9
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees: 677
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1011
W.D. Francis 1951: Austr. Rain-For. Trees: 74: f. 27
Benth. 1873 – In: Fl. Austral.: 286
Aiton 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 316