Ficus aurata
Description
Shrub or tree up to 10(-15) m tall.
internal hairs abundant.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 0.5-1.5(-2) cm long, brownish substrigose to subsericeous, caducous.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Balabac present, Banka present, Palawan present, Riouw Archipelago present
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (incl. Riouw Archipelago and Banka), Borneo, Philippines (Balabac, Palawan).
Morphology
1The species is variable with regard to the indumentum (denseness, length, and colour of the hairs), the size of the fig receptacle, and the presence of a peduncle. Lateral bracts are occasionally present.
3Material from Palawan (Philippines) described as var. palawanensis has thick leafy twigs and large, sometimes 3-lobed laminas on long petioles. Investigation of more material may lead to recognition of a distinct (infraspecific) taxon.
2In the Malay Peninsula and Vietnam various parts, including the fig receptacle, are covered by dense short indumentum (velutinous), often rather pale in colour. The figs of material with such indumentum can be pedunculate in the Malay Peninsula.
Citation
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born. p 221
Miq. 1970: p. 362. – In: Philos. Trans. t. 7
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java. p 254
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya. p 140
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 49
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees. p 682
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins. p 348
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ. p 357
Blume: King 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India. p 531
Gibbs 1914 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot. p 137
H.J.P. Winkl. 1913 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 365
Miq. 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak. p 259
Quisumb. 1930 – In: Philipp J. Sci. p 317
M.F. Barrett 1951 – In: Am. Midl. Nat. p 146