Ficus spathulifolia

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Ficus spathulifolia

Description

Tree up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged; stipules 0.5-1(-1.2) cm long, glabrous (or white puberulous), caducous. Ovary reddish.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present), Western present
Malesia: Sumatra (western), Malay Peninsula, Borneo.

Notes

2 Whether the species occurs in Vietnam with var. annamensis Corner () is not certain. The material on which this taxon is based might represent a distinct endemic species. 1The species is distinctive by the mostly invisible tertiary and smaller venation at the lower surface of the lamina.

Citation

Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 156
Corner 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 305
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 19