Ficus subsidens typical growth habit along a rocky stream bank in montane forest next to the Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan Road c.1,650 m asl. near Gunung Emas at the beginning of the side road to the summit of Gunung Alab in the Crocker Range. All photos in this article are of a single plant taken by Linus Gokusing. From the enlarged and pale appearance of the fig this is a male plant. See here for the female F. subsidens.
Ficus subsidens
Ficus subsidens. Notice the open ostiole. See cross section below.Ficus subsidens. From the evidence of the presence of fig wasps and their larvae this is a male fig, where some of the wasps have already left and others are about to hatch and leave through the ostiole.
