Ficus neriifolia
Ficus neriifolia is a species of fig. It is native to Asia, including Bhutan, Burma, China, India, and Nepal.
Description
Ficus neriifolia grows as a tree up to 15 m tall with smooth, dark grey bark on its trunk. The hairless, leathery oval to lanceolate leaves are up to long by wide, and often asymmetrical in shape. The diameter figs are rounded, oval, or cylindrical and grow in pairs off older branches.Taxonomy
described Ficus neriifolia in 1810.In 1965, E.H.Corner regarded the species as having three valid varieties : F. neriifolia var. nemoralis, F. neriifolia var. fieldingii and F. neriifolia var. trilepis. However, Wu and colleagues did not treat them as distinct in 2003. Chaudhary and colleagues observed that the receptacles are distinct and hence further investigation is needed.
Distribution and habitat
Ficus neriifolia is found in Mêdog County in southern Tibet and western Yunnan province in China, as well as Bhutan, Myanmar, central and western Nepal, northeastern India including Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Uttar Pradesh.It grows in forests of both coniferous and broadleaved trees at elevations of above sea level in China, and above sea level in India.