Filed As:
Moraceae
Ficus tayabensis Elmer
Moraceae
Ficus tayabensis Elmer
Location:
Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan. Alt. 76m. (249 ft.)
Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan. Alt. 76m. (249 ft.)
Description:
Climbing, rather large trees; stem subterete, 2 inches thick, bendable, branched at the top only; branches numerously rebranched and forming interlaced masses, grayish white, the subflexlble twigs ascendingly curved; wood soft, with large pores, the outer one half dingy or yellowish white, the balance dull incarnatus, odorless and tasteless; bark reddish beneath the dull ardiseus or blackish smoothish epidermis, the whitish inner surface contains a flow of latex; leaves horizontal or descending, chartaceous, shiny deep green on the upper shallowly folded surface, a much lighter green beneath, the stout veins beneath yellowish, the petiole testaceous, tips strongly recurred; figs solitary or in pairs, in the leaf axils or in their scars, upon greenish recurved peduncles, ruber, the syconium yellow, so also the flowers with only a tinge of red, subglobose or globose and with ends somewhat flattened, 3/8 inch in diameter.
Climbing, rather large trees; stem subterete, 2 inches thick, bendable, branched at the top only; branches numerously rebranched and forming interlaced masses, grayish white, the subflexlble twigs ascendingly curved; wood soft, with large pores, the outer one half dingy or yellowish white, the balance dull incarnatus, odorless and tasteless; bark reddish beneath the dull ardiseus or blackish smoothish epidermis, the whitish inner surface contains a flow of latex; leaves horizontal or descending, chartaceous, shiny deep green on the upper shallowly folded surface, a much lighter green beneath, the stout veins beneath yellowish, the petiole testaceous, tips strongly recurred; figs solitary or in pairs, in the leaf axils or in their scars, upon greenish recurved peduncles, ruber, the syconium yellow, so also the flowers with only a tinge of red, subglobose or globose and with ends somewhat flattened, 3/8 inch in diameter.
Habitat:
rich, moist, forested flats.
rich, moist, forested flats.
Other:
Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
Specimen Notes: [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
Identifiers:
NY Barcode: 4376275
GUID: 16d05b75-b159-41b0-8218-d815d323152e
NY Barcode: 4376275
GUID: 16d05b75-b159-41b0-8218-d815d323152e