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SYC5. Ficus heterophylla L.f.wfo-0000688663

Suppl. Pl.: 442. 1782, non Lam., 1788.; Roxb., Fl. Ind. Ed. 1832 3: 531. 1832; Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 2 t. 659. 1843; Miq., Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 271, 291. 1867; King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1(2): 75, t. 94. 1888; Ridl., Fl. Malay Penins. 3: 339. 1924; Gagnep., Fl. Indo-Chine 5: 775. 1928; Kochummen, Tree Fl. Malaya 3: 148. 1978; C.C.Berg & Corner, Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 17(2): 231. 2005. Plate LXI: 3–4.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Shrub to 3(–6) m tall, often prostrate and rooting on the branches, sometimes ± climbing (straggling). Branchlets drying brown. Leafy twigs 1–2.5 mm thick, sparsely to densely whitish puberulous to subhispidulous, smooth to scabridulous; internodes solid. Leaves distichous (or opposite); lamina oblong to subovate, 5–14 by 1.5–7 cm, ± asymmetrical to almost symmetrical, chartaceous, apex acuminate to subcaudate, base inequilateral, cordate to rounded (to cuneate) at the broad side, cuneate to obtuse (to subcordate) at the narrow side, margin (coarsely) dentate (to subentire), often ± revolute; juvenile leaves often pinnately lobate or palmately 3-lobate; upper surface (minutely) hispidulous, scabrous, lower surface sparsely minutely to rather densely hispidulous to (sub)puberulous, scabrous or scabridulous; cystoliths on both sides; lateral veins 4–9 pairs, the basal pair to ca ⅙–⅓ the length of the lamina, if running close to the margin of the lamina then unbranched or, if at some distance, then branched, tertiary venation (sub) reticulate; waxy glands in the axils of both or one of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.5–1.5(–5.5) cm long, puberulous, the epidermis persistent; stipules semi-amplexicaul, 0.3–0.5 cm long, puberulous, caducous. Figs axillary and also just below the leaves, solitary (or in pairs); peduncle 0.3–1.5 cm long; peduncular bracts 3, verticillate, subtending the receptacle or far below (and then the receptacle apparently stipitate), ca 0.5–1 mm long; receptacle (sub)globose to ellipsoid, 0.6–1.5 cm diam. when dry, minutely hispidulous, ± scabrous, without lateral bracts, orange to dark red at maturity, apex convex to slightly umbonate, ostiole ca 2 mm diam., surrounded by 4–6 ± swollen apical bracts; internal hairs absent. Tepals whitish, glabrous or minutely hairy at the apices. Styles glabrous or hairy. Fruits lens-shaped to subreniform or almost tetrahedral, ca 1.5 mm long.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Nan, Phrae, Phitsanulok; NORTH-EASTERN: Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhon; EASTERN: Chaiyaphum, Ubon Ratchathani; SOUTH-WESTERN: Kanchanaburi; CENTRAL: Ang Thong; SOUTH-EASTERN: Chachoengsao, Chon Buri; PENINSULAR: Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Yala, Narathiwat.

Distribution : Sri Lanka, India (type, Andaman Islands), Bangladesh, Burma, S China, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia, Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan).

Ecology : Common in open places, mostly along streams, at low altitudes.

Notes: The material included in var. assamica (Miq.) Corner (1965), is currently treated as a distinct species (see p. 539).