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Ficus cereicarpa (male): Crocker Range 04, Sabah

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

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. Young leaves are smaller than adult leaves and are initially covered with a silky fur.

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.
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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