Ficus montana

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Description

Laxly-branched shrub up to 2 m tall, sometimes creeping, or treelet. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.2-1 cm long, sparsely minutely appressed-puberulous, often slightly striate, caducous (or subpersistent at apices of leafy twigs). Fruits (endocarp body) 1-1.5 mm long, subtetrahedral to lens-shaped, tuberculate, weakly keeled.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; India present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Lower Myanmar present

India (?),Lower Myanmar, Thailand; in Malesia: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo.

Notes

3The features of the fruits (in fact endocarp bodies) indicate that this species is related to F. exasperata, and through that species with the African and Madagascan species. 2The diversity in Borneo is such that F. subsidens may prove to be part of the Bornean diversity. 1The leaves can be linear-lanceolate with up to c. 16 pairs of lateral veins, the basal pair up to 1/20 the length of the lamina, and the tertiary venation (sub)reticulate (e.g., Chai S.36002 from Sarawak and Murata et al. 174 from E Kalimantan). More pronouncedly deviating, largely due to the small (3-12 by 0.5-2 cm) lamina with an (sub)acute apex and short (0.5-1 cm long) petioles is Reksodihardjo 133 from E Kalimantan (near Samarinda). Moreover, the styles are hairy in this collection and the endocarp bodies (fruits) less pronouncedly tuberculate. Some other collections from Borneo also have relatively short petioles, slightly variable in length on the same twig. 4It is remarkable that this species, which according to label data is at least locally abundant, is so poorly represented in herbarium collections and from scattered localities.

Citation

Blume 1867 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 271, 291

Burm.f. 1867 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 271, 291

Blume 1825: Bijdr. p 471

Roxb. 1867 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p 271

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 64

King 1888: p. 83. – In: Sp. Ficus. t. 104

Mabb. 2004 – In: Taxon. p 191

Miq. 1848 – In: London J. Bot. p 234

Koord. 1924 – In: Exk. Fl. Java. t. 764, 765

Miq. 1848 – In: London J. Bot. p 229

Roxb. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 297

Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 64

Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 302

Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins. p 1012

Roxb. 1867 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. p 291

Miq. 1848 – In: London J. Bot. p 427

Blume 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 299

King 1888 – In: Sp. Ficus. p 184

Roxb. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 299

Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3. p 291

Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java. p 27

Miq. 1848 – In: London J. Bot. p 232

Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 395

Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 17. p 453

Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins. p 339

Desf. 1829: Cat. Hort. Paris,, ed. 3. p 412

Wight 1843 – In: Ic. t. 635

Merr. 1921: Enum. Born. p 225

Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java. p 185

Roxb. 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India. p 519

King 1888: p. 75. – In: Sp. Ficus. t. 93

Wight 1843 – In: Ic. t. 646

Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya. p 151

King 1888: p. 77. – In: Sp. Ficus. t. 95

Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat. p 298

Ochse & Bakh. 1931: Veg. Dutch East Indies. 503, 504

Burm.f. 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak. p 290

Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins. p 340