INTRODUCED FIGS, maclellandii, SECTION CONOSYCEA

Ficus maclellandii, at the Marina, Sutera Harbour, Kota Kinabalu

Date: February 3, 2018Author: uluulublog

Ficus maclellandii is a non-native introduced ornamental fig often used as a landscaping plant in hot countries including Borneo.

Ficus celebensis — A row of four Ficus maclellandii planted along the access road to the Marina at Sutera Harbour.

Ficus celebensis IMG_8261.JPG — Even though there are no fig wasps associated with this fig in Borneo it still produces fig fruit. However the fruit are sterile (without seeds) and cannot reproduce.

Sutera Harbour IMG_8232.JPG — The view from the Marina at Sutera Harbor towards Gaya Island. Gaya Island is still covered in the original dipterocarp forest native to the west coast of Borneo.

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