Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
54. Ficus heteromorpha Hemsley; Hooker’s Icon. Pl. 26: t. 2533 & 2534. 1897.
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Ficus cavaleriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. cuneata H. Léveillé & Vaniot (1907); not Blume (1825); F. kouytchensis H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. mairei H. Léveillé; F. pinfaensis H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. xichouensis S. S. Chang.
Shrubs or trees; 2-5 m tall; deciduous. Bark grayish brown. Branchlets reddish brown; internodes short. Stipules lanceolate; ca. 1 cm. Petiole red; 1.5-6 cm; leaf blade lyrate; elliptic; or elliptic-lanceolate; 10-18 x 2-7 cm; abaxially with small cystoliths; adaxially scabrous; base rounded to shallowly cordate; margin entire or slightly undulate; apex acuminate to caudate; basal lateral veins short; secondary veins red; 6-15 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary on short branchlets; paired; occasionally solitary; purplish black when mature; globose to conic-globose; 6-10 mm in diam.; smooth; apical pore navel-like; sessile; involucral bracts ovate. Male flowers: scattered; calyx lobes 4 or 5; spatulate; stamens 2 or 3. Gall flowers: calyx lobes 5 or 6; ovary smooth; style short. Female flowers: calyx lobes 4 or 5; ovary enclosed by calyx lobes; style lateral; stigma brushlike; pubescent. Achenes smooth. Fl. Apr-May; fr. May-Jul.
Forests; mountain slopes; valleys. Anhui; Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Shaanxi; S Shanxi; Sichuan; E and S Yunnan; Zhejiang [Myanmar].