Ficus glandifera figs on a tree growing next to the beach on Pulau Sangkalaki a small island in the Derawan Islands Archipelago in East Kalimantan. This is the first record of a section Malvanthera fig (which evolved east of Borneo) crossing from east to west across Wallace’s Line. However distribution records indicate that a number of fig species have arrived in Borneo from Sulawesi.
Ficus glandifera has recently found to be very common on Sipadan island off the coast of SE Sabah.
