Ficus indica var. gelderi (Miq.) King

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Ficus indica var. gelderi (Miq.) King

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 12728, Mar 1911

  • Location

    Philippines. Palawan. Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan.

  • Habitat

    along a wooded streamlet, directly over water. rich soil.

  • Description

    Epiphytic upon the axils of medium sized limb stems 3 or more and widely spreading, 10 feet long, 2 inches thick, repeatedly branched, terete; branchlets lax, relatively short, the tips ascending; tips, a trifle paler green beneath; figs solitary or 2 to 3-clustered, ellipsoid, less than 1/2 inch long, smooth, pale green, ultimately ruber red especially about the umbilicus; wood soft odorless and tasteless, more white on the outside, finely ringed concentrically; bark grayish or yellowish white, more or less lenticelled, reddish brown except the epidermis, the latex viscid.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4374999

    Occurrence ID: 73f62c01-0f0c-4fbe-8044-0fe411856809

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Palawan

  • Locality

    Puerto Princesa (Mt. Pulgar), Island of Palawan

  • Elevation

    Alt. 76 m. (249 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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1£7£8. Ficus indioa geldiri (Hiq*) King« Bpiphytio
upon the axils of medisua sized limbs along a wooded
streamlet at 250 feet, in rich soil and directly over the
water; stems 55 or more, rather slender and widely spreading,
10 feet long, 2 inches thick, repeatedly branched, terete;
branchlets lax, relatively short, the tips ascending;
leaves rigidly ckartaceoos, flat except the-slightly recurved
tips, a trifle paler green beneath; figs solitary or B to
S-clustered, ellipsoid, less than 1 /Z inch long, smooth #
pale green, ultimately ruber red especially about the
umbilicus; wood soft, odorless snd tasteless, more white
on the outside, finely ringed concentrically; bark grayish
or yellowish white, more or less lent ice lied, reddish brown
except the epidermis, the latex viscid; Puerto Princesa,
Msroh, 19ix.	ELMER’S FIELD NOTES
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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
NEW YORK BOTANICW. GARDE!*
PUERTO PRINCE8A (MT. PULGAR), PROVINCE OP PALAWAN
ISLAND OF PALAWAN, MARCH, 1911
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