Ficus indica

12386. ficus indie« Linn. Apparently a young
strangling rtfcirifctaig climber upon a medium sised tree almg
wooded banks of the	creek, at ?S0 fee% i» .
gravelly moist soil; stem $ inchee thick or thicker, 30
feet high, occasionally branched, terete, a few ti»e«^ L
turning about its support; bark smooth, yellowish .&%fy ?
nwi little latex; soft wood sappy white, odorless and
tasteless| branches divaricate, long, freely rebranchid
and extending ever the clear creek spaces twigs lax» sub*
erect! 1.eaves coriaceous, horizontal, duller and darker
green above» flat except the recurved apex; figs subg|obose
dull orange red, umbilical much deeper red* the bracts
yellowiuh green, usually in sessile pair# from the leaf _ ^
axils; *Honek*bina-baya, * Magal 1 an esVleyl *? flHllmPs fr
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