Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
69. Ficus simplicissima Loureiro; Fl. Cochinch. 2: 667. 1790.
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Shrubs; 1-2.5 m tall; stems not or only occasionally branched. Branchlets cylindric; rugose when dry; with sparse short thick barbed hairs. Stipules lanceolate; 1-2 cm; with sparse short barbed hairs. Leaves palmately divided; petiole cylindric; 1-5 cm; densely covered with short thick barbed hairs; adaxially sulcate; leaf blade obovate to oblong; 5-16 cm; margin entire or shallowly serrate; basal lateral veins 2-4; secondary veins 3-6 on each side of midvein. Figs axillary or clustered on older leafless branches; paired; globose; 1-1.5 cm in diam.; sparsely covered with short barbed hairs; sessile; involucral bracts ovate-triangular; ca. 1 mm. Male flowers: near apical pore; calyx lobes 4; red; obovate-lanceolate; ca. 1.5 mm; stamens 2; filaments very short; anthers ellipsoid; ca. 1 mm; apex mucronate. Gall flowers: pedicel ca. 1.5 mm; calyx lobes 4; obovate-lanceolate; apex obtuse; ovary ± globose; style lateral; short; funnelform. Female flowers: calyx lobes 4; ovary pear-shaped. Achenes ± globose.
Sparse forests; sunny places. Hainan [Cambodia; Vietnam].
The barbed hairs are a characteristic of this species.