Ficus pseudopalma Blanco

  • Filed As

    Moraceae
    Ficus pseudopalma Blanco

  • Collector(s)

    A. D. E. Elmer 13867, Sep 1912

  • Location

    Philippines. Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao, Along Minuswang River.

  • Habitat

    mud flats along river.

  • Description

    Erect unbranched shrub in moist good compact soil of hemp flats along the Minusuang [Minuswang] River; stem terete nearly straight, 2 inches thick, 10-15 feet high; wood very soft, white, slightly sweet odorless, the pith large; bark smooth, light grey whitish on the inner side, the hypodermis green; leaves alternatingly crowded toward the top, divaricate, chartaceous, lucid above, light or relatively yellowish green beneath, the marginal sides very coarsely wavy, after falling leaving blunt heart shaped scars, petiole very short but stout, yellowish brown, much thickened and somewhat compressed; figs severally crowded upon a short woody and persistent rigid tubercle; very irregular but obovoidly elongated, purplish towards the base, light brown lenticelled, the raised umbilicus very rigid and rugose. The upper figs in the cluster are young ones while the mature or older ones are crowded toward the lower outside.

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4375793

    Occurrence ID: 0ebf8bf8-1f3d-4737-94a7-d753fcc1ffb6

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  • Region

    Asia

  • Country

    Philippines

  • Locality

    Cabadbaran (Mt. Urdaneta), Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao, Along Minuswang River

  • Elevation

    Alt. 152 m. (499 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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PHILIPPINE ISLANDS PLANTS
> DISTRIBUTED BY A. D. E. ELMER
NEWYORK botanical garden
CABADBARAN (MT. URDANETA), PROVINCE OP AQUSAN
ISLAND OF MINDANAO, SEPTEMBER, 1012
1366?, - fteu paeudopalaa £loo.	anbranohod
Ant In »»tit good oowpaot «oil «f hwi flat» «long tho
ai&a«aang rlr«r *t .900 foot or loo«; «tea terete, nearly straight,
8 inohe« thlek, 10 *o 15 foot light wood rory «oft, white,
•lightly oveot, odorle««, tho pith largo; bork »ootb, light
gray, nlltlb on tho inner old«, tho hypodorwio green;
Iootoo %1 temptingly crowded toward tho top, dlrarieaio,
dhartaoaoa*, luoid abowe, light or relatively yellowish
groon beneath, tho Marginal oidoo miry ooaroely w»Ty, oft or
filling leaving blast heart-shaped soar«; potiolo Tory
Short hut etout, yellowish brown, auoh thickened and some-
what compressed; fig» aeveraiiy crowded upon a short woody
ud poroiatont rigid tuberele; Tory irregular hat obovoldly
elongated, purplish toward tho tan but, light brown iontieoUod,
tho raised uabilieus .Tory rigid and rugose; "Banangal* la
Maaobo. Tho upper fig» in the cluster aro tho yoang onoo -
while the aaturo or older onoo aro crowded toward tho lower;
oaaataidej Oabadbaran, aoptoabor,	FIELD NOTES
04375793