cereicarpa, Crocker Range, SECTION SYCOCARPUS

Ficus cereicarpa (male): Crocker Range 04, Sabah

Date: March 13, 2017Author: uluulublog

Ficus cereicarpa. Anthea Phillipps holding Borneo’s largest fig leaf as well as a handful of the very unusual looking fig fruit.

Ficus cereicarpa IMG_3463 - Copy.JPG — Ficus cereicarpa is found throughout the wetter forests of NW Borneo from Lambir Hills park at sea level in northern Sarawak north to Kinabalu Park HQ at 1,500 m in the Sabah mountains. The ruler in the photo is 15 cm in length.

Ficus cereicarpa IMG_3518 - Copy.JPG — Ficus cereicarpa. Young leaves are smaller than adult leaves and are initially covered with a silky fur.

Ficus cereicarpa IMG_3445 JQPF020 - Copy.JPG — Smothered in a dense mass of vegetation including a ginger and a banana plant, who would realize that this Ficus cereicarpa is one of Borneo’s most interesting trees.

Ficus cereicarpa IMG_3440 JQPF020 - Copy.JPG — In this photo 3 Ficus cereicarpa trees with large leaves overhang the main Kota Kinabalu- Tambunan Road as it crosses the Crocker Range. The leaves and fruit in the photos above were collected from one of these trees.

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