THE FIGS OF BORNEO

Ficus nervosa, Pulau Maratua, East Kalimantan

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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. 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.

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