Ficus pallescens  photographed  next to Jalan Fabia  at the Rainforest Discovery Center, Sepilok by Xin-Xin ZHOU on 24 Jan 2020. Collection # 20190456.

Compare with these photos taken 4 months earlier of the same fig by Shuai LIAO.

Note 3 distinctive features of Ficus pallescens  which distinguish this fig from Ficus sumatrana.

  1. The figs ripen white to pink NOT orange to red.
  2. The basal bracts are relatively short compared to the larger basal bracts of Ficus sumatrana.
  3. The ostiole is perforate (open).

01 Ficus pallescens ★ RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2717

02 Ficus pallescens RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2732.jpg

05 Ficus pallescens RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-263406 Ficus pallescens Sepilok RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2613

07 Ficus pallescens RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2643

09 Ficus sundaica★RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2620

10 Ficus pallescens RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2613 - Copy

11 Ficus PALLESCENS RDC Jalan Fabia●20190456★ Xin-Xin ZHOU_2020.01.26-2613

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