Ficus forstenii
Description
Tree up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules (0.5-)1-2.5 cm long, brown to whitish (sub)sericeous to puberulous, caducous, sometimes with a distinct median part.
Ovary red.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present)
Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes.
Morphology
The species is rather variable, as with regard to the denseness of indumentum (on the lamina), the number of lateral veins and length of the basal lateral veins, and the ostiole (flat to prominent).
Citation
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 147
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 207
Elmer 1914 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 2393
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 60
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 147
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 223
Elmer 1914 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 2394
Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1244
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 205
Merr. 1926 – In: Philipp. J. Sci.: 364
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 147
King 1887: p. 29. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 29
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 67
Elmer 1912 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1380
Koord. 1898: Versl. Minahassa: 599
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 205
Corner 1965 – In: Gard. Bull. Singa-pore: 16
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 98