Ficus odoardii
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Description
Root-climber.
Branchlets drying dark brown to blackish.
internal hairs absent, few and small or abundant.
Leaves distichous;
stipules 0.5-1.5 cm long, brown hirtellous to subvillous, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Ceram present
Moluccas (Ceram) and New Guinea.
Notes
3Collection Jacobs 9190 from eastern New Guinea is exceptional by the numerous (up to 13), small (0.6-0.7 cm diam.), ovoid, and sessile figs on spurs below the leaves.
2The stiff hairs with swollen bases, especially those on the receptacles, break easily from the swollen base (socket) and are irritant.
1Both F. irritans and F. sphaerocarpa, recognized as distinct species by Corner (1962, 1965), are currently included in F. odoardii, as it was impossible to find differentiating characters in the vegetative parts. The figs, however, show considerable differences as in the dimensions of the receptacle, the length of the peduncle and the stipe, the thickness of the wall of the fig, and the presence of internal hairs.
Citation
King 1888: p. 156. – In: Sp. Ficus. t. 198
K. Schum. & Lauterb. 1901: Fl. Schutzgeb. Südsee. p 287
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 227
Corner 1965: p. 390. – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 54
Summerh. 1929 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 10. p 150
Corner 1962: p. 390. – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 19. t. 3
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 54
Summerh. 1941 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 22. p 104
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 227
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 224
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 54
Summerh. 1941 – In: J. Arnold Arbor. 22. p 102