Ficus pendens
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Description
Root-climber.
Branchlets drying dark brown to blackish.
internal hairs abundant.
Leaves distichous;
stipules (0.3-)1-2 cm long, brown hirtellous on the keel and the base, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present)
Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo.
Taxonomy
1The hairs are mostly patent, but sometimes appressed (in E Borneo; var. appressa Corner).
2 This species resembles F. villosa, from which it can be distinguished by the smaller number of lateral veins (c. 5 pairs, but in F. villosa 6-10 pairs), the shorter petioles (mostly up to 1 cm long, but in F. villosa usually longer than 1 cm), and the (sub)sessile, non-stipitate or very shortly stipitate figs, which are only in the axils of the distal leaves not clustered.