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Ficus stricta, Sukau Rainforest Lodge, Kinabatangan

Ficus stricta photographed by Shuai LIAO at the Sukau Rainforest Lodge located in the original flood plain forest of the Kinabatangan river. Collection #20190469.

See also Bud covers for juvenile figs as shown by Ficus stricta

River flood plain forest hosts both the greatest density and the greatest diversity of figs in Borneo and hence the greatest density and diversity of wildlife.

The young fig on the left still retains an original  calyptrate bud cover  which is about to fall off.

 

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