Ficus macilenta King

Berg, C. C., 2011, Corrective notes on the Malesian members of the genus Ficus (Moraceae), Blumea 56 (2), pp. 161-164 : 161-162

Ficus macilenta King

Ficus macilenta King (1888) 155, t. 196;Merr. (1921) 225; Corner (1965) 49. — Ficus macilenta King var. ilicifolia Corner (1960a) 439.

Shrub or tree(let) up to 8 m tall. Leafy twigs 2 –3 mm thick, whitish appressed-puberulous to brownish hirtellous, periderm persistent. Leaves spirally arranged (to subdistichous), lamina elliptic to ± rhombic to oblong to sublanceolate, 2 –15 by 1.5–6.5 cm, (sub)coriaceous, apex acuminate to acute, base cuneate to obtuse, margin irregularly ± coarsely dentate to lobed, upper surface sparsely whitish appressed-puberulous to brownish strigillose on the midrib and for the rest hispidulous, scabrous to scabridulous (to almost smooth), lower surface sparsely to densely white puberulous to brownish hirtellous on the veins, scabridulous to almost smooth, cystoliths absent, lateral veins 4 – 8(–9) pairs, the basal pair running close to the margin, up to 1/4 the length of the lamina, unbranched, other lateral veins often furcate far from the margin, tertiary venation loosely subscalariform, ± prominent beneath, reticulum ± prominent as well, waxy gland partly or largely on the midrib at the bases of the basal lateral veins; petiole 0.5 –2.2 cm long, glabrous or brown hirtellous, the epidermis persistent; stipules 0.4 – 0.8 cm long, whitish to brownish appressed-puberulous to subsericeous, caducous. Figs axillary, in pairs, subsessile or with a peduncle 0.1–0.5 cm long; basal bracts 3, 1–1.5 mm long, appressed-puberulous; receptacle (sub)globose, 0.6 –1 cm diam when dry, subglabrous or appressed-puberulous to brown hirtellous, red at maturity, apex slightly convex, ostiole c. 2 mm diam, flat to ± sunken and with hairs on ostiolar bracts; internal hairs abundant, whitish. Style of long-styled pistillate flower glabrous.

Distribution — Borneo: Brunei, East Kalimantan, Sabah, Sarawak.

Habitat — Montane (mossy, e.g. Ericaceae ) forest and submontane forest, at altitudes between 800– 2000 m.