Ficus excavata

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Ficus excavata

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Description

Root-climber. Branchlets drying brown to blackish. internal hairs absent. Leaves distichous; stipules 0.3-0.8 cm long, (sub)glabrous, or puberulous at the apex, caducous.

Distribution

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

Morphology

The small ovate laminas with the lower surface foveolate are distinctive.

Citation

King 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak. p 240
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya. p 146
Renner 1907 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. p 400
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born. p 223
Corner 1962: p. 391. – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 19. t. 4
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins. p 344
Corner 1965: p. 391. – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 57
King 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India. p 526