Ficus sundaica
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Description
Tree up to 35 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or (secondarily?) terrestrial.
internal hairs absent.
Leaves spirally arranged;
stipules 1-3(-5) cm long, glabrous (or white puberulous), caducous, often with a distinct median part.
Ovary partly red.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Lesser Sunda Is. present (Bali present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Maluku (Maluku present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present), Myanmar present, Palawan present
Myanmar, Indochina, Thailand; in Malesia: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan), Lesser Sunda Islands (Bali?), Moluccas?.
Notes
3The identity of the single and sterile collection from Bali is not certain.
2Most collections are glabrous on all parts, but some from the Malay Peninsula are white puberulous on leafy twigs, petioles, etc.
1The species is rather variable as with regard to the shape and size of the receptacle, the length of the basal bracts, and also the shape and the length of lamina.
Two forms can be distinguished:
Intermediates between these forms are found in northern Borneo and elsewhere in the species range.
Two forms can be distinguished:
- Form A — Lamina relatively small, mostly less than 10 cm long, with 5 or 6 pairs of lateral veins and the midrib at least in the lower part of the lamina ± impressed above. The stipules and petioles are relatively short, 1-2 cm and 1-1.5 cm long, respectively. The fig receptacle is ovoid to ellipsoid and 1.5-2 cm diam. with a slightly convex to flat apex. — It is rather distinct among material from northern Borneo and was described as var. impressicostata by Kochummen.
- Form B — Lamina relatively large, mostly 10-20 cm long, with 7-10 pairs of lateral veins, and mostly with the midrib flat to slightly prominent. The stipules and petioles are longer, 2-3.5 cm and 2-3 cm long, respectively. The figs are smaller, mostly less than 1.5 cm diam. and either subglobose or ellipsoid. The ostiole is mostly prominent. It is more common and widespread.
Intermediates between these forms are found in northern Borneo and elsewhere in the species range.
Citation
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 158
H.J.P. Winkl. 1913 – In: Bot. Jahrb. Syst.: 361
Griff. 1854 – In: Ic. Pl. Asiat.: t. 555 (I).
Koord. & Valeton 1906 – In: Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java: 106
King 1887: p. 33. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 35A
Corner 1940: Wayside Trees: 678: f. 251 (haud t. 208 = F. subgelderi Corner).
Burkill 1935: Dict. Econ. Prod. Malay Penins.: 1011
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 224
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 18
Corner 1960 – In: Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 389
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 35
auct. non L.: Miq. 1888 – In: Fl. Brit. India: 506
Miq. 1867: – Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 287
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas Baumart. Java: t. 724
Kochummen 1978 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 158
Kurz 1877 – In: Forest Fl. Burma: 442
Blume 2000 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 225
King 1887: p. 39. – In: Sp. Ficus: t. 45
Gibbs 1914 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 137
Koord. 1916 – In: Atlas Baumart. Java: t. 728, 729
Merr. 1921: Enum. Born.: 224
Ridl. 1924 – In: Fl. Malay Penins.: 334