Ficus palawanensis Merr.

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Ficus palawanensis Merr.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 13009, Apr 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan.

  • Habitat

    wooded bank along the Iwahig river. Red gravelly soil.

  • Description

    An inclining tree in red gravelly soil of a wooded bank along the Iwahig river at 250 feet; stem usually solitary but occasionally few, extending over the river bed, 1 foot thick, 30 feet long, subterete, branched from near the base; branchlets slender, horizontally spreading, or drooping, only sparingly rebranched, tips suberect; wood quite tough, the outer 2 inches white which abruptly changes to the incarnatus greater central mass, odorless and without taste; bark thick, grayish white blotched on the surface, brown in the middle region, yellowish upon exposure on the inner side, with latex; leaves rigidly chartaceous, stightly side, conduplicate on the upper and greener surface, veins beneath whitish or relatively so; figs in pairs from the leaf axils only, hard and ruber, 3/4 inch long when fully ripe on the twigs, in which state it is nearly purplish black but the basal bract protected portion ochraceous exactly on the outside, also soft when mature; calyx or whorl of bracts green with yellowish margins.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4375556

    Occurrence ID: c05b5055-938d-4482-98f9-518158c5f091

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • Locality

    Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan

  • Elevation

    Alt. 76 m. (249 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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15009
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER ' *
PUfiRTO RRIMCESA-iMT. PULQAR), PROVINCE OF PALAWAN
JSfcANQ OF PALAWAN, APRIL» 1911
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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in red gravelly soil: of a wooded bank aloag the IwaMg
river at 250 feet; item usually solitary but occasionally
few» extending i?it the river bed, l foet thick, SO feet
long, subterete, branched from aear the base; branchlets
slender, horizontally spreading* or drooping* only spatting*»
ly rebranched, tips suberect; wood quite tough, the outer
E inches white whieh abruptly changes to the incarnatus
greater central mass, odorless and without taste; bark
thick* grayish white bleffhed on the surface, brown ia
the middle region, yellowish upon exposure oa the inner
side, with latex; ieates rigidiy ehartaceous, stightly
conduplicate on the upper an# greener surface, veins
beneath whitish or relatively so; figs in pairs from the
leaf axils only, hard and ruber, 3/4 Inch long when fully
ripe oa the twigs, in which state It is nearly purplish
black but the basal bract pretested portion ochraceous
exactly ea the ©mt&ifce* als# »oft when mature; calyx
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