A ripe Ficus oleifolia fig fruit photographed in the Kinabalu Botanic Mountain Garden at Kinabalu Park HQ.
The 10 Most Common Kinabalu Figs based on Herbariun collections (Beaman 2004)
# | Ficus species | HABITAT | DISTRIBUTION | COLLECNS |
1 | oleifolia | Montane rocks | Thailand to Celebes | 128 |
2 | uniglandulosa | Rocks to 2.3km | Burma to Philippines | 60 |
3 | midotis | Forest to 2,800m | Endemic | 45 |
4 | setiflora | Forest 1.1km-2.5km. | N Borneo endemic | 40 |
5 | recurva | Different varieties | Burma to Philippines | 34 |
6 | septica | Understorey bat fig | India to Australia | 34 |
7 | tarennifolia | Forest to 3,000m | N Borneo endemic | 29 |
8 | disticha | forest to 2km | Burma to Solomons | 26 |
9 | deltoidea | Rocks to 1.3km | Malaya to Celebes | 25 |
10 | uncinata (malayana) | forest to 1800m | Borneo,Sumatra | 25 |
The trail map next to the entrance to the Kinabalu Mountain Garden next to the sports centre at Kinabalu Park HQ. Honor Phillipps shows the scale.
Three different fig species can be seen growing inside the mountain garden F. oleifolia (small shrub) , Ficus tarennifolia (small tree) and Ficus uncinata (earth fig).
