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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/22/2013)
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Species
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Ficus POPENOEI Standl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Field Mus. Publ. Bot. 4:30 1. 1929.
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Synonym
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Ficus tolimensis Standl. loc. cit. 17:177. 1937.
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Description
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Trees to 25 m. tall. Twigs 4-6 mm. in diameter, fulvous spreading pubescent, eventually glabrate and developing a moderately thick greyish brown periderm. Stipules about 10 mm. long, densely spreading fulvous pubescent. Lamina 5-15 cm. long X 4-10 cm. wide, broadly oval to obovate-oblong, pubescent below and scabrid above; lateral veins 5-9 (-10) pairs, departing from the midrib at an angle of 200-400; basal veins departing at a similar angle; intercostals somewhat prominent. Petiole 5-15 mm. long, pubescent, 1/6-/l6 the length of the lamina. Figs 14-22 mm. long X 9-16 mm. in diameter, cylindric, pubescent, borne among the leaves; color green, brown tinted (yellow-brown pubescent in dried material) ; peduncle 3-5 mm. long, pubescent; basal bracts broadly deltoid about 2-5 mm. long, pubescent; orifice about 2 mm. in diameter, flat or very slightly umbonate.
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Habit
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Trees
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Distribution
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British Honduras to central Colombia, in lowland forests.
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Specimen
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COCLE: El Valle, Allen 3789, Harvey 5I69. PANAMA: San Jos' Island, Johnston 483, 640, 66o, 804.
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Note
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Dr. Johnston reports that the habit of this species is quite variable: some may be stranglers, while others may germinate in the soil; a few develop a banyan-like stilted habit, but this is exceptional. This seems to be a relatively common plant in Central America which has been identified, in the past, as Ficus velutina. There may be some vegetative similarity, but the cylindrical, densely yellow-brown pubescent figs are quite distinctive.
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