Derawan Islands, nervosa, SECTION OREOSYCEA

Ficus nervosa, Pulau Maratua, East Kalimantan

Date: February 28, 2017Author: uluulublog

Ficus nervosa var pubinervis. Identification by Shuai LIAO based on the distinctive long pointed hairy stipule. F. nervosa pubinervis has a distribution from the Philippines south to Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Sulawesi east to the Aru islands but not New Guinea.

Ficus nervosa var pubinervis growing as a small tree in a forest clearing near Kg Payung Payung on Pulau Maratua in East Kalimantan. Pulau Maratua is a coral atoll and the rocky soil is largely uncultivated.