Compilation
Ficus ledermannii
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Name
Identification
Ficus ledermannii Hutch. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson, J., Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
- Ficus abutilifolia
- Ficus ledermannii
Flora
Entry for Ficus Ledermannii Hutchinson [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 2, page 17, (1916) Author: (By J. HUTCHINSON AND A. B. Rendle)
Names
Ficus Ledermannii Hutchinson [family MORACEAE], in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 340.
Ficus abutilifolia Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 214, partly, not of Miq.
Information
A large tree 35–50 ft. high, with a broad crown; young branchlets bearing the figs about 1/4 in. in diam. near the apex, softly tomentose. Leaves grey-green above, greyish-white below (Ledermann), ovate-orbicular, slightly and obtusely acuminate, cordate and with an open sinus at the base, 2 1/2–4 1/2 in. long, 2–4 1/4 in. broad, entire, coriaceous, dull and glabrous on the upper surface and very delicately reticulate, shortly and softly pubescent or almost tomentose below; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 3/4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered and very slender towards the apex of the blade; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, the lower recurved, the others diverging at an angle of about 45°, bifurcate some distance from the margin, prominent below; tertiary nerves wavy, slender, distinct; petiole 1 1/4–2 1/2 in. long, shortly and softly pubescent, longitudinally sulcate; stipules caducous, those surrounding the terminal bud ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 3/4 in. long, whitish silky-puberulous outside, reddish and glabrous within. Receptacles in axillary pairs, pedunculate, obovoid-ellipsoid, about 1/2 in. long and nearly as much in diam., mottled, glabrous, smooth when dry; peduncle 3–4 lin. long, terete, about 1/2 lin. thick, finely and softly puberulous. Basal bracts early deciduous, leaving behind a small annular pubescent rim. Ostiole prominent, small, 2-lipped; bracts few, all pointing into the receptacle, not visible from the outside, glabrous. Male flowers with a short very stout pedicel; perianth-segments slightly membranous, glabrous. Anther solitary, obtuse. Female flowers sessile: achene subglobose, smooth; style lateral, slender, a little shorter than the achene. Gall flowers pedicellate.
Distribution
Cameroons Upper Guinea Lagdo Mountains, Ledermann, 4378!
Notes
Allied to F. mittuensis, Warb., and F. discifera, Warb.; from the former it may be readily distinguished by the softly tomentose young branchlets and under surface of the leaves in which the midrib is continuous to the apex of the blade, and from the latter by its hairiness, its more prominent ostiole, and the shape of the bracteate basal involucre.