Ficus satterthwaitei

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Description

Tree up to 12 m tall. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged, partly (sub)opposite or (on the ultimate branches) distichous; stipules 1-1.5(-4) cm long, white appressed-puberulous to whitish to brownish strigillose, only so at the base, or entirely glabrous, caducous.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Philippines (Philippines present), Leyte present, Luzon present present, Mindanao present, Mt Kinabalu present, Negros present, Samar present

Malesia: Borneo (Mt Kinabalu) and Philippines (Luzon, Negros, Luzon, Samar, Leyte, Mindanao).

Taxonomy

1This species appears to be very closely related to F. nota from which it can be distinguished by the base of the lamina being cuneate to rounded (or only at one side sometimes subcordate). Moreover, the indumentum of leafy twigs and laminas is usually sparser then in F. nota and can be almost absent. The two species have a similar range of distribution and may prove to be distinct only at an infraspeciﬁc level. 3Ficus moderata, only known by the type collection from Mt Kinabalu (Borneo), is included in this species, as the only difference between the material from the Philippines and that from Borneo is found in the presence of ‘lateral bracts’ in the upper part of the ﬁg receptacle, being ‘displaced’ apical bracts, thus, possibly an aberration. 2In the characters of vegetative parts, this species also shows similarities to F. fistulosa. Material with ﬁgs can be distinguished by the larger ﬁgs (1.5-2.5 cm diam. when dry) with the ostiole 5-10 mm in diameter. It differs from F. congesta in the short ﬁg-bearing structures, up to 10 cm long woody tubercles, and the somewhat longer stipules. Although it has been united with F. congesta (Corner 1960), its features and disjunct occurrence justify reinstatement as a species, closer to F. nota than to F. congesta.

Citation

Elmer 1914 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 2392

Elmer 1937 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 3449

Elmer 1906 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 543

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 47

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 64

Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1264, 1320

Corner 1965: p. 396. – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 89

Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 45

Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 18: 51

Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 311

Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 314