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Ficus deltoidea Jack
Moraceae
Ficus diversifolia Blume, Ficus lutescens Desf., Ficus motleyana Miq.
Malaysia | Ara burong, ara jelateh, ara tanah (Peninsular). |
English | Rusty-leaved bush fig, mistletoe fig. |
Indonesia | Tabat barito (General). |
Ficus deltoidea is distributed in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines (Palawan) and Sulawesi introduced in Indo-China, India and Pakistan.
Ficus deltoidea is an evergreen epiphyte or small shrub, up to 2 m tall. The leaves are obovate to elliptical or obdeltoid, with a size of 2.5-8 cm x 1.3-7.5 cm. Leaf base is broadly wedge-shaped, blunt to truncate or widely notched apex, rarely pointed, entire margin, white-spotted above, rusty or yellow-olive underneath, the midrib is sometimes forked and stipules are 8-12 mm long.
The figs (fruits) are axillary, solitary or paired, spherical to oblong, 5-10 mm in diametre and they are ripening to orange or red.
The male flowers are dispersed, with 2-3 free tepals and 2 stamens while the female flowers are sessile to subsessile and with 3-4 tepals.
It is common in lowlands and mountains, up to 3200 m altitude, generally occurring as an epiphyte, but as a terrestrial bush on sandy shores and mountain tops and bogs.
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