Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
26. Ficus nervosa Heyne ex Roth; Nov. Pl. Sp. 388. 1821.
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Ficus apoensis Elmer; F. blinii H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. magnoliifolia Blume; F. modesta (Miquel) Miquel; F. nervosa var. longifolia Sata; Urostigma modestum Miquel; U. nervosum (B. Heyne ex Roth) Miquel.
Trees; pubescent; glabrescent. Branchlets wrinkled when dry. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade elliptic; oblong; or obovate-lanceolate; 6-15(-20) x 2.5-5 cm; ± leathery; glabrous; abaxially dark colored with small scattered tubercles; adaxially dark green but brown when dry and shiny; base rounded to cuneate and with two glands; margin entire and ± revolute; apex obtuse and mucronate; basal lateral veins short; with axillary glands; secondary veins 7-11 on each side of midvein and abaxially prominent. Figs axillary on normal leafy stem; paired or solitary; globose to ± globose; 1-1.2 cm in diam.; tuberculate when young; base attenuate into an apparent stalk; sessile; involucral bracts ovate; pubescent. Male; gall; and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: near apical pore; pedicellate; calyx lobes 2; spatulate; unequal in size; stamen 1. Gall flowers: pedicellate or sessile; calyx lobes 3; elongated; apex acuminate; style lateral; stigma clavate. Persistent style 2 x as long as achene. Fl. Jan-Aug.
Forests in mountains; 400-1600 m. S Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Sichuan; Taiwan; S Yunnan [Bhutan; India; Myanmar; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam].