Ficus odorata
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Description
Shrub or tree up to 8 m tall.
Branchlets drying brown.
internal hairs abundant.
Leaves distichous;
stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.7-1 cm long, whitish (minutely) puberulous on the keel and ciliolate or subglabrous, caducous (or subpersistent).
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Batan Islands present, Bohol present, Leyte present, Luzon present, Mindanao present, Negros present, Panay present, Samar present
Philippines (Batan Islands, Luzon, Negros, Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Panay, Mindanao).
Notes
2The leaves are said to be fragrant on drying.
1This species is very closely related to F. elmeri, under which the differences are discussed.
Citation
Merr. 1906 – In: Philipp. J. Sci. p 44
Blanco 1845: Fl. Filip.,, ed. 2. p 476
Merr. 1918: Sp. Blancoan. p 126
Merr. 1912: Fl. Manila. p 174
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 278, 359
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl. p 59
Elmer 1906 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 201, 258
Náves 1879: p. 89. – In: Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3. f. 358
Elmer 1914 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot. p 2405
Merr. 1905 – In: Publ. Gov. Lab. Philipp. p 79
Elmer 1908 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot. p 546
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21. p 69