Ficus densechini is a rare Bornean endemic root climbing fig with very large fig fruits originally discovered by Cedric Carr in 1933 on Mt Kinabalu in N. Borneo.
Carr was collecting for E.J.H Corner a botanist working at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. See Corner’s original TYPE description here Corner (1938) A Revision of Ficus Synoecea Climbing Figs
On Kinabalu Ficus densechini is found in very wet hill forest on the western slopes. It was therefore a great surprise to find that F. densechini is a locally common root climber on tall forest trees growing on the seasonally dry slopes of the Meratus mountains in South Kalimantan.
Thanks to Ripin for photos and information. Photos taken 6 January 2024.
