Ficus umangiensisDe Wild. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ficus ottoniifolia(Miq.) Miq. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Boutique, 1948
Related name
Ficus umangiensis
Ficus ottoniifolia
Flora
Entry for Ficus umangiensis De Wild [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 umangiensisDe Wild [family MORACEAE], in Fedde, Repert. xii. 198. —De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. lii. 230.
Information
Branchlets slender, with grey bark. Leaves oblong-elliptic, rounded or slightly cordate at the base, more or less abruptly and long acuminate, 5–7 in. long, 2–3 in. broad, chartaceous, entire, glabrous; lateral nerves 10–11 on each side of the midrib; veins distinct below; petiole 1–1 3/4 in. long, about 1/2 lin. thick, glabrous; stipules caducous. Receptacles fasciculate on the older branches, up to 16 in a fascicle, pedunculate, ellipsoid, about 1/2 in. long, brown with black spots when dry; peduncle 1/2– 3/4 in. long, thickened towards the apex. Basal bracts small, connate at the base into an expanded disc-like body with an irregular margin. Ostiole 2-lipped, with the bracts all descending vertically into the interior of the receptacle. Male flowers with a single stamen.
Distribution
Congo South Central Umangi Island, in the River Congo, Laurent !
