Site icon THE FIGS OF BORNEO

Ficus tarennifolia: Gng Alab, Crocker Range

uluulublog

Ficus tarennifolia at the start of the access road to the summit of Gunung Alab (1,964 m)  in the Crocker Range, Sabah,  Malaysian Borneo.  This is one of the wettest sites in Borneo with rainfall exceeding 4 m per annum. All photos taken by botanist Linus Gokusing.

Only two species of Bornean figs are known to produce a flush of new pink or red leaves en mass on new growth, Ficus tarennifolia as above and the montane variety of Ficus sinuata. Other species may occasionally produce one or two pinkish leaves on individual twigs e.g. F. chartacea, F. lepicarpa, F. fistulosa.

Exit mobile version