Ficus porrecta
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Description
Treelet up to 5 m tall.
internal hairs abundant, pale brown.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 3.5-4 cm long, whitish strig(ill)ose to subsericeous, subpersistent.
Taxonomy
1The single specimen described as var. porrecta of F. pachyrrhachis clearly differs from material that certainly belongs to F. pachyrrhachis, such as in the persistent periderm of the leaf twigs and the persistent epidermis of the petioles, in the long petioles, in the construction of apex of the fig, and the texture of the basal, lateral and apical bracts (similar to those of F. uncinata). The nature of these differences is such that maintaining the variety cannot be justified.
2 This species is probably more closely related to F. praestans than to F. pachyrrhachis.