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Ficus geocharis: Gunung Palung, Kalimantan

Ficus geocharis is a locally common geocarpic (earth fig) fig  found throughout forested Borneo. The leaves have a distinctive small ” ear” (auricle) one one side of the base of the leaf blade.

Photo by George Weiblen of collection GW888-1 at Gunung Palung an isolated forest covered extinct volcanic crater on the coast of West Kalimantan.

Laman & Weiblen (1998) Figs of Gng Palung NP Kalimantan

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