Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
24. Ficus vasculosa Wallich ex Miquel; London J. Bot. 7: 454. 1848.
??? bai rou rong
Ficus championii Bentham.
Trees; 10-15 m tall; d.b.h. 10-15 cm. Bark gray; smooth. Branchlets grayish brown; smooth. Stipules ovate; ca. 6 mm. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-lanceolate; simple or irregularly lobed; 4-11 x 2-4 cm; leathery; abaxially pale green but yellowish to grayish green when dry; adaxially dark green and shiny; base cuneate; apex obtuse to acuminate; secondary veins 10-12 on each side of midvein; reticulate veins prominent on both surfaces. Figs yellow to yellowish red when mature; globose; 7-10 mm in diam.; obscurely longitudinally ridged when dry; base attenuate into a short stalk; peduncle 0.7-0.8 cm; involucral bracts caducous. Male; gall; and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: few; near apical pore; shortly pedicellate; calyx deeply 3- or 4-lobed; stamen (1 or)2 (or 3); if stamen 1 then basal rudimentary pistil present. Gall and female flowers: many; sessile or pedicellate; calyx deeply 3- or 4-lobed; ovary obovoid; style smooth; stigma 2-branched. Achenes smooth; usually with 1 row of small apical tubercles. Fl. and fr. May-Jul.
Seasonally wet forests; below 800 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Yunnan [Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Moraceae | Ficus
24. Ficus vasculosa Wallich ex Miquel; London J. Bot. 7: 454. 1848.
??? bai rou rong
Ficus championii Bentham.
Trees; 10-15 m tall; d.b.h. 10-15 cm. Bark gray; smooth. Branchlets grayish brown; smooth. Stipules ovate; ca. 6 mm. Petiole 1-2 cm; leaf blade elliptic to oblong-lanceolate; simple or irregularly lobed; 4-11 x 2-4 cm; leathery; abaxially pale green but yellowish to grayish green when dry; adaxially dark green and shiny; base cuneate; apex obtuse to acuminate; secondary veins 10-12 on each side of midvein; reticulate veins prominent on both surfaces. Figs yellow to yellowish red when mature; globose; 7-10 mm in diam.; obscurely longitudinally ridged when dry; base attenuate into a short stalk; peduncle 0.7-0.8 cm; involucral bracts caducous. Male; gall; and female flowers within same fig. Male flowers: few; near apical pore; shortly pedicellate; calyx deeply 3- or 4-lobed; stamen (1 or)2 (or 3); if stamen 1 then basal rudimentary pistil present. Gall and female flowers: many; sessile or pedicellate; calyx deeply 3- or 4-lobed; ovary obovoid; style smooth; stigma 2-branched. Achenes smooth; usually with 1 row of small apical tubercles. Fl. and fr. May-Jul.
Seasonally wet forests; below 800 m. Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Yunnan [Malaysia; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam].