Ficus megacarpa Merr.

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Ficus megacarpa Merr.

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 13932, Sep 1912

  • Location

    Philippines. Agusan del Norte. Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Duros peak, Province of Agusan, Mindanao.

  • Habitat

    along a dry wind-swept ridge. on forest trees.

  • Description

    Liana-like climber; stem 2 inchs thick, crooked and irregularly round, bendable; branched above the middle; wood soft, porous, reddish tinged, quite odorless and tasteless, pith large, bark smooth or finely lenticelled, chalky white mottled; main branches few and long, relatively short rebranched; twigs numerous, wiry, usually curved and forming tangled masses; upon the lower paler green side; figs hanging in small clusters from the stem, 2 inches in diameter, globose or nearly so, russet brown and with numerous bright red blotches or spots, upon a brown bracteate short woody tubercle.

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4375230

    Occurrence ID: 85d58605-4fc2-4621-bdff-08b805c8e956

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Rosales

  • Family

    Moraceae

  • All Determinations

    Ficus megacarpa Merr.

  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • State/Province

    Agusan del Norte

  • Locality

    Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Duros peak, Province of Agusan, Mindanao

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1067 m. (3501 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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1&9U« .-ficus megacarpa Morr* Llana-1 lice climber
upon forest trees along a dry wind-swept rid^ a% 3§00 f^et
altitude of 3>uro8 peak; stem 2 i&che* thick J&erco&ed and ir-
regularly round« bendable; branched above the middle; wood
soft, porous, reddish tinged» quite odorless and tasteless, pith
large, barfc smooth or finely lentioelledf chalky white mottled;
main branches few and long« relatively short rebranched; twigs
numerous« wiry* usually curved and forming tangled masses;
leaves rigidly chartaceous, horizontal or descending« recurved
upon the lower paler green side; figs hanging in small clusters
from the stem« % Inches in diameter« globose ©r nearly so«
russet brown and with numerous bright red blotches or spots«
upon a brown bracteate short weedy tubercle^ *<3ataupin in
Manobo* Cabadbaran, September« 191B*jgLM£RS FIELD NOTES
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04375230
CABADBARAN (MT. URDANETA), PROVINCE OF A3USAN
ISLAND OF MINDANAO, SEPTEMBER, 1912
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
DISTRIBUTED BY a. D. E. ELMER
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