Ficus kochummeniana

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Ficus kochummeniana

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• Description
• Distribution
• Morphology
• Citation

Description

Tree up to 30 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 1-2.5 cm long, minutely white puberulous and with dark brown hairs, subpersistent or caducous. Ovary reddish to whitish.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Thailand (Thailand present), Western present

Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra (western), Malay Peninsula, Borneo.

Morphology

This species differs from F. retusa, in which it was included as var. borneensis, e.g., in the longer petioles, the conspicuously prominent tertiary venation, the ± impressed lateral veins, the often acuminate apex of the lamina, and the often subpersistent stipules.

Citation

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 20

Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 154

Corner 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 298