Description
Tree up to 35 m tall, hemi-epiphytic.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 1.5-4 cm long (on opening shoots up to 16 cm long), (sparsely) minutely white puberulous, caducous.
Fruits basally embedded in the swollen pedicels.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, Eastern present
In Malesia: New Guinea (eastern).
Taxonomy
The species resembles F. baola C.C. Berg () from the Solomon Islands, from which it can be distinguished by the usually obtuse apex of the lamina, the longer petioles, and the absence of a distinct cupule.
Citation
King 1889: Sp. Ficus App: 9: t. 232
Summerh. 1941 – In: J. Arnold Arbor: 85
Summerh. 1929 – In: J. Arnold Arbor: 150
Diels 1935 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 182
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 25
