Ficus samarana C.C.Berg, 2012

Berg, C., 2012, Seven new Malesian species of Ficus (Moraceae), Blumea 57 (2), pp. 147-157 : 151

Ficus samarana C.C.Berg , sp. nov. — Fig 3

Ficu fulvae similis laminis subobovatis basi obtusa,petiolo epidermide exfoliacae,stylis glabris differt. — Typus: Reynosa & Majaducon PPI 21974 (holo L; iso K), Philippines, Samar, Isl., Visayas, Paranas , Campo Uno , 400 m, 1 May 1996 .

Tree up to 30 m tall. Leafy twigs 5 –8 mm thick, brown velutinous to subhirsute, glabrescent. Leaves spirally arranged, lamina subcoriaceous, subobovate to obovate, 13– 22 by 6–12 cm, apex acuminate, base obtuse, margin (sub)entire; upper surface brownish hirtellous, densely so on the main veins; lower surface brownish subhirsute, on the main veins to velutinous; lateral veins 5 –6 pairs, the basal pair up to 1/2 – 2/3 the length of the lamina, branched, some also branched or furcate away from the margin; tertiary venation scalariform; glandular spots in the axils of the basal lateral veins; petiole 1.5 – 5 cm long, c. 2 mm thick, brownish subhirsute and whitish subtomentose, the epidermis flaking off; stipules c. 1 cm long, brown strigose on and near the keel. Figs below the leaves, sessile; basal bracts c. 3 mm long, brown appressed-puberulous; receptacle 1.2–1.5 cm diam when dry, brownish subvelutinous; orange at maturity; ostiole 3 –4 mm diam, prominent to rosulate, the outer ostiolar bracts brown appressed-puberulous; internal hairs abundant, whitish. Tepals dark red, glabrous. Style of long-styled flower glabrous. Pedicel hairy towards the base.

Distribution — Only known from Samar.

Habitat — Unknown.

Additional collection. Guttierez et al. 11024 (L), Philippines, Samar, Mt

Sohoton, Tekolo, Apr. 1970.

Note — This species is apparently related to F. fulva (in the Philippines known from Palawan), from which it differs in the subobovate to obovate lamina with an obtuse base, the exfoliating epidermis of the petiole, and moreover, in the glabrous style and partly hairy pedicel.

Figures

Fig. 3 Ficus samarana C.C.Berg. Leafy twigs with inflorescences and leafless part of a twig with an inflorescence (Reynoso & Majaducon PPI 21974, L).