annulata, SECTION CONOSYCEA, Tabin BORA

Ficus annulata: Young leaves at the BORA fig orchard, Tabin, Sabah

Date: June 18, 2019Author: uluulublog

ABOVE: Ficus annulata grown in the BORA Rhino Orchard at Tabin.

All photos by Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin

Information on the BORA Rhino Orchard

IMG-20190618-WA0004 — Note that both the side veins and the tertiary veins are sunken on the upper side of the leaf. This is distinctive for only 3 species of Section Conosycea strangling figs in Borneo, Ficus annulata Ficus forstenii and Ficus kochummeniana. The leaves illustrated above with 17 pairs of side veins can only be Ficus annulata.

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