Ficus glandifera
Description
Tree up to 40 m tall, hemi-epiphytic.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 2-5 cm long (on opening shoots up to 16 cm long), glabrous or white puberulous, caducous.
Fruits partly embedded in the inner layer of the fig wall.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Celebes (south-eastern), present, New Britain present, New Hebrides present, New Ireland present, Solomon Islands present
Solomon Islands, New Hebrides; in Malesia: Celebes (south-eastern),New Guinea (incl. New Britain and New Ireland).
Morphology
Most collections have ellipsoid figs, but in some the figs are subglobose and often somewhat smaller (and always? subsessile). The lamina tends to be relatively small in collections with subglobose figs, which were included in var. brachysyce. This form may be the only one in the western part of the species range (Celebes and Irian Jaya), but it is also in the eastern part.