Ficus subcongesta
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Description
Tree up to 20 m tall.
Leaves spirally arranged, subdistichous or (sub)opposite;
stipules (1.2-)1.5-2.5 cm long, densely (to sparsely) brownish to whitish strigillose to white appressed-puberulous, caducous (or subpersistent).
Distribution
Admiralty Island present, Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Morobe Province present, New Britain present, Solomon Islands present
Malesia and the Solomon Islands; in Malesia: New Guinea (Morobe Province, New Britain, Admiralty Islands).
Taxonomy
2 This species is also closely related to F. macrothyrsa, a species of the Solomon Islands, and to F. tunicata from the Key Islands (Moluccas).
1This species can be distinguished from the related F. congesta by the long stipules, the common presence of a cordate to subcordate base of the lamina, at least on the broad side, the waxy glands occurring not only in the middle part of the lamina but also in the axils of lateral veins above the middle, and the relatively long petioles. The figs differ from those of F. congesta by the small ostiole. The long-styled flowers have a saccate perianth in contrast to F. congesta.