Ficus decipiens

Primary tabs

Ficus decipiens

Description

Sparingly branched shrub or treelet up to 3 m tall. internal hairs absent. Leaves spirally arranged, ± tufted; stipules 3-7.5 cm long, subglabrous or sparsely appressed-puberulous and on the keel and the apex brown subsetose-hirsute, (sub)persistent.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Sulawesi (Sulawesi present), Minahassa present
Malesia: Celebes (Minahassa).

Taxonomy

This species shows close affinities to F. saurauioides.

Citation

Koord. 1898: Minah.: 598
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 90
Miq. 1859 – In: Fl. Ind. Bat.: 297
Blume 1867 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 291
King 1888: p. 93. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 121