Ficus platypoda (Miq.) A.Cunn. ex Miq.

Moraceae

Miquel, F.A.W. (1867) Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavum 3: 287.

Fig; Fig, Rock; Rock Fig

A strangling fig or growing over boulders.

Young twigs and the underside of the leaf blade clothed in white hairs. Stipules about 2-3 cm long, pubescent on the outer surface and tapering to a point at the apex. Leaf blades about 8-13 x 4-9 cm. Petioles channelled on the upper surface.

Male flowers dispersed among the fruitlets in the ripe fig. Anthers reniform. Bracts at the base of the fig, two. Lateral bracts not present on the outside of the fig body.

Figs pedunculate, globular, about 10-30 mm diam. Orifice closed by inflexed, not interlocking bracts.

Features not available.

Endemic to Australia, occurs in WA and NT. Altitudinal range not known but probably from near sea level to about 300 m. Grows in monsoon forest and dry scrub in rocky situations.

Urostigma platypodum Miq., London Journal Botany 6: 561(1847), Type: Western Australia, York Sound, A. Cunningham s.n.; lecto: K. Fide Dixon (2001). Ficus leucotricha (Miq.) Miq. var. leucotricha, The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 17 : 402(1960). Urostigma platypodum f. ellipticum Miq., Journal de Botanique Neerlandaise 1 : 236(1862), Type: Nova Hollandia borealis, ad sinum maris York Sound: CUNNINGHAM in Herb. Hook; lecto: K. Fide Dixon et al. (2001). Ficus leucotricha var. megacarpa F.Muell. ex Corner, Gardens Bulletin, Singapore 17: 402(1959), Type: Northern Territory, Sea Range, F. Mueller; holo: K. Ficus leucotricha var sessilis Corner, Gardens Bulletin Singapore 17: 402(1959), Type: New South Wales, 1895, ex herbarium J. Cosmo Melville; holo: MANCH. Fide Dixon et al. (2001). Ficus leucotricha (Miq.) Miq., Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi : 285(1868). Urostigma leucotrichum Miq., Journal de Botanique Neerlandaise 1 : 234(1862), Type: Nova Hollandia borealis, in regione fluminis Upper-Victoria-river, Dec. 1855; lecto: U; et in regione montana Sea-Range: F. Mueller.