Filed As:
Moraceae
Ficus adamii Elmer
Moraceae
Ficus adamii Elmer
Location:
Philippines. Agusan del Norte. Cabadbaran, Mt Urdaneta, Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao. Along the Catangan creek. Alt. 914m. (2999 ft.)
Philippines. Agusan del Norte. Cabadbaran, Mt Urdaneta, Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao. Along the Catangan creek. Alt. 914m. (2999 ft.)
Description:
Large tree; trunk 4 feet through, 60 or more feet high; branched from the middle or below it, subterete and somewhat crooked; large main branches ascending but soon horizontally spreading, ultimately numerously re-branched; trunk divided at base into buttressed prop-roots; wood with a faint sweet taste and odor, soft, conspicuously ringed, dingy white; bark yellowish and densely covered with transverse brown colored excrescences, the middle portion isabellinus, the soft inner aide sappy white; the nether side of the epidermis light yellow; twigs relatively short and sub-erect; leaves horizontal, coriaceous, curved upon the upper deep green and shining surface, much lighter green and duller beneath, veins greenish white, figs in pairs and axillary, divaricate or descending, upon flattened pale green stalks, pale green but turning yellow on the ground, spotted with light papillae, ⅓ to ½ inch long, irregularly sub-globose or short ellipsoids, the 3 green subtending bracts very small.
Large tree; trunk 4 feet through, 60 or more feet high; branched from the middle or below it, subterete and somewhat crooked; large main branches ascending but soon horizontally spreading, ultimately numerously re-branched; trunk divided at base into buttressed prop-roots; wood with a faint sweet taste and odor, soft, conspicuously ringed, dingy white; bark yellowish and densely covered with transverse brown colored excrescences, the middle portion isabellinus, the soft inner aide sappy white; the nether side of the epidermis light yellow; twigs relatively short and sub-erect; leaves horizontal, coriaceous, curved upon the upper deep green and shining surface, much lighter green and duller beneath, veins greenish white, figs in pairs and axillary, divaricate or descending, upon flattened pale green stalks, pale green but turning yellow on the ground, spotted with light papillae, ⅓ to ½ inch long, irregularly sub-globose or short ellipsoids, the 3 green subtending bracts very small.
Habitat:
in a densely forested humid flat.
in a densely forested humid flat.
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: 04373888
GUID: b78d8338-7b40-484f-a310-92d5801c23fe
NY Barcode: 04373888
GUID: b78d8338-7b40-484f-a310-92d5801c23fe