Ficus indica var. gelderi (Miq.) King

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Ficus indica var. gelderi (Miq.) King

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 9384, May 1907

  • Location

    Philippines. Lucban Tayabas , Island Luzon.

  • Habitat

    dry gulches.

  • Description

    Tree branched from below the middle, 10 meters high in copses of dry gulches; ...main branches ascending, the ultimate ones and forming more or less bushy ends of the secondary branches; wood white soft; bark mottled, comparatively smooth or with minute lenticels; leaves very coriaceous and deep green above; figs red with minute yellowish spots, thickest above the middle, in pairs from the leaf axils, when soft nearly black, with a hollow umbilicus whose walls are yellow; bracts prominent of an equal yellow, bark freely bleeding with a sticky milky sap.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04374998

    Occurrence ID: 1b2befe7-8116-4255-8125-0160ad3b58c5

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Lucban Tayabas , Island Luzon

  • Elevation

    Alt. 600 m. (1969 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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BOTANICAL
PHILIPPINE PLANTS
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Sector and date.
A. D-B. Elmar, May, 1907,
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04374998
9384, Picus indie a gelderi (Miq.) King. tree branchoA*
from below the middle» 10 meters high i» copses of dry
gulches at 600 meters; main branches ascending, the ultimate
ones numerous and forming more or less bushy ends of the se-
condary branches; wood white^ soft; bark mottled, comparative*
ly smooth or with minute lent!cels; leaves very coriaceous
and deep green above; figs red with mlMi* yellowish «pet#/
thickest above the middle» in pairs from the leaf axils«
when soft nearly black,with a hollow umbilicus whose walls
are yellow; bracts prominent of an equi^ |rillOT$ barir freely
bleeding with a etioky mii91QTBS!'
04374998