Ficus glandulifera (Wall. ex Miq.) King, Sp. Ficus 2 (1888)

Synonyms
Ficus aurantiaca (Miq.) Miq.
Ficus glandulifera var. villosa Corner
Ficus hasskarlii Merr.
Ficus henschelii Merr.
Pogonotrophe aurantiaca Miq.
Pogonotrophe glandulifera Wall. ex Miq.
Pogonotrophe sumatrana Miq.

Diagnostics
Mid-canopy tree up to 33 m tall and 44 cm dbh. Stem with white sap. Stipules ca. 7 mm long, hairy. Petiole with subnodal gland. Leaves alternate, simple, tripli-veined, hairy below. Fruits ca. 10 mm diameter, yellow-orange-red, fleshy figs, placed along the twigs.

Description
Dioecious tree, up to 33 m tall, 44 cm diameter; buttresses up to 1.5 m high. Bark dark brown, smooth and lenticellate; inner bark pale yellow. Sapwood yellowish. Twigs 0.2-0.4 cm thick, reddish brown. Stipules ovate, c. 0.5 cm long, densely reddish brown hairy. Leaves spirally arranged, membranous, densely or sparsely brownish hairy below, very sparsely hairy on midrib and veins above; elliptic to narrowly obovate, (5-)8-15.5 x (2.5-)3.5-8 cm, base cuneate, margin entire, plane, apex cuspidate or acuminate; midrib flat above; lateral veins 4-6 pairs, raised below, faint above, basal pair reaching almost 1/2 the length of the blade, without glands in the axils; intercostal venation scalariform, distinct below, faint above; petiole 1.5-7 cm long, sparsely reddish brown hairy, usually with a subnodal gland. Syconia borne on twigs behind the leaves, ripening yellow to red, subglobose or ellipsoid, c. 1 cm diameter, apex slightly convex and perforated, base abruptly narrowed into a short stalk-like structure; peduncle up to 0.6 cm long; basal bracts 3, 1.5-2.5 mm long; internal bristles numerous, 1-2 mm long, yellowish. Tepals 3-5, narrowly spathulate. Achenes 1-1.5 mm long, rugose, strongly keeled. [from Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak]

Ecology
In Undisturbed to slightly disturbed or open mixed dipterocarp, swamp, coastal and sub-montane forests up to 1600 m altitude. Common on alluvial sites, hillsides and ridges. On sandy to clay soils.

Distribution
Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Philippines, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea.

Local names
Borneo: Karai, Lemak-lemak, Lenkan mang, Tanggilam, Tenpan.