Ficus guyeri Elmer
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Filed As
Moraceae
Ficus guyeri Elmer -
Collector(s)
A. D. E. Elmer 11775, Sep 1909
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Location
Philippines. Todaya , Mt Apo, Island of Mindanao, along Sibulan river at 2500 feet below the falls.
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Habitat
in moist soil amongst rocks of shaded woods.
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Description
Shrub-like tree 15 feet high; wood soft, odorless and tasteless, whitish; bark smooth, brightly mottled; main branches from below the middle, ascending, ultimately numerously re-branched; twigs very slender, brown, usually with ascending tips; chartaceous leaves horizontally or ascendingly recurved, deep green and half shining on the upper surface, much lighter beneath; figs descending, upon yellowish green pedicels, yellow and with red conspicuously raised umbilical scales, ultimately soft and deep red all over; fruits usually single from the leaf axils, ⅓ inch thick.
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Specimen Notes
[Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 4374832
Occurrence ID: e8dcf763-8c17-4c5b-aa6b-47958af2b485
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Rosales
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Family
Moraceae
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All Determinations
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Region
Asia
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Country
Philippines
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Locality
Todaya , Mt Apo, Island of Mindanao, along Sibulan river at 2500 feet below the falls
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Location Notes
[Pacifica]
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Distribution
1X776. ncus guyeri Blm. 3hrub-like tree IS feet high, in moist soil amongst rockn of shaded woods along the Sibulan rirer bottom at 2500 feet below the fall»; wood soft» odorless and tasteless, whitish; bark smooth» brightly mottled; main branches fro» below the middle« ascending, ultimately numerously rebranched; twigs very slender« brown, usually with ascending tips; chartaceous leaves horizontally or ascendingly recurved, deep green and half shining on the upper surface, much lighter beneath; figs descending» upon yellowish green pedicells, yellow «lc and with red conspicuously raised umbilical scales, ultiimfctely soft and deep rf# all ever* *I>iparing*; fruits usually single from the leaf Jhiak. globose; To day a, September» 1909« WuMEK^O PTELIj NuT^JS botanical PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER T<jDAYA (MT. APO), DISTRICT OF DAVAO " \;s ISLAND OF MINDANAO, SEPTEMBER, 1909 04374832 04374832
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Ficus guyeri Elmer