Ficus benguetensis
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Description
Shrub or tree up to 15 m tall.
internal hairs sparse or absent.
Leaves spirally arranged, (sub)opposite or (sub)distichous;
stipules 0.8-2 cm long, glabrous or brown appressed-puberulous to strigillose, caducous (or subpersistent).
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Palawan present, Ryukyu Islands present
Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and Malesia; in Malesia: Philippines (incl. Palawan).
Taxonomy
22. It can be distinguished from F. carpenteriana by the exfoliating periderm of the leaf twigs and epidermis of the petiole as well as by the normally caducous stipules.
1This species can be distinguished from the least hairy form of F. congesta by the absence of furcations of the lateral veins, the absence of waxy glandular spots on the lamina beneath, and the tendency to form minute spurs in the leaf axils. It is distinct from the more hairy form of F. congesta in the smooth lamina with a flat margin.
3In Taiwan, the axillary spurs often become up to 2 cm long.
Citation
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 268
Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1256
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 61
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 271
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 55
Sata 1934: p. 21. – In: J. Soc. Trop. Agr. Taiwan: incl. var. kotoensis (Hayata) Sata, Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ. 32 (1944) 29
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 50
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 313
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 46
Corner 1965: – Gard. Bull. Singapore 21: 89
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 312
Elmer 1937 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 3467
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 30
Elmer 1908 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 542
Elmer 1906 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 54, 191
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 270
Elmer 1914: p. 2414. – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: (as F. carpenteriana Elmer)
Hayata 1919: p. 127. – In: Ic. Pl. Formos.: f. 55
Elmer 1911 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 1265
Elmer 1907 – In: Leafl. Philipp. Bot.: 250
Sata 1944 – In: Contr. Hort. Inst. Taihoku Imp. Univ.: 61
Merr. 1923 – In: Enum. Philipp. Flow. Pl.: 68