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Local names: Agosihis (Mbo.) ; agupit (Bik., Sul.) ; agusahis (C. Bis.); 

 akokosi (Ibn.) ; apas (Bon.) ; apulas (Ilk.) ; birig (C. Bis.) ; gusahis 

 (Buk.) ; hagosis (C. Bis.) ; hagupit (Sul.) ; isis (Tag.) ; isis-na-puti 

 (Tag.); isit (Ibn.); lainging (Bis.); maramai (Bag.). 



FICUS CURRANII Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 343. 



Luzon (Benguet, Bontoc, Lepanto, Abra, Camarines), Panay. In the 

 mossy forest on the higher mountains, and in ravines at low altitudes; 

 perhaps not specifically distinct from Ficus lucbanensis Elm. Endemic. 



Local names: Dieudieu (Ig.) ; labso (Ig.) ; lapsu (Ig.) ; liuliu (Ig.) ; 

 tarubog (Bik.); tebel (Ig.). 



FICUS DISTICH A Blume Bijdr. (1825) 458; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 

 201; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 1 (1888) 126, t. 160; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 145, Rev. PL Vase. Filip. (1886) 

 253; Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1908) 546, 4 (1911) 1262, 7 

 (1914) 2388. 



Luzon (Rizal, Laguna), Palawan, Camiguin de Misamis, Negros, Min- 

 danao, Merrill 9539, Phil. PI. 1285, Elmer 13848, 10901, 10051, 10429, 

 Loher 6918, B. S. 29616 Ramos & Edano, 80382 Ramos. In the mossy 

 forest on exposed ridges and peaks, altitude 1,000 to 2,000 m. Java, 

 Sumatra. 



Local names: Kabinsal (Bag.); pangul (Mbo.). 



FICUS EDA ROM Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 18 (1921) 62. 



Luzon (Tayabas, east coast), B. S. 29130 Ramos & Edano. Spreading 

 In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



FICUS ELLIPTI FOLIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 18 (1921) 53. 



Mindanao (Zamboanga), Copeland, F. B. 9309 Whitford & Hutchinson. 

 In forests at low altitudes. Endemic. 



FICUS ELASTICA Roxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) 65, nomen nudum, Fl. Ind. 

 ed. 2, 3 (1832) 541; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 1 (1887) 

 45, t. 54; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 175. 



Planted for ornamental purposes in Manila and other large towns; 

 introduced from British India. Pantropic in cultivation. 



FICUS ELMER I Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 29 (1905) 9; Elm. 

 Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1906) 55. 



Luzon (Benguet), Elmer 6043. In thickets, altitude about 1,300 m. 

 Endemic. 



FICUS EUPHLEBIA Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) 364. 



'Panay, Leyte, Wenzel 52, 194, B. S. 30945, 31369, 31029, 31067 Ramos & 

 Edano. In thickets and forests at low and medium altitudes; an ally of 

 Ficus ulmifolia Lam. Endemic. 



FICUS FALCATA Thunb. Ficus (1786) 8; Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) 

 40, t. 87, f. C; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 201; Usteri Beitr. Ken. 

 Philip. Veg. (1905) 127. 

 Ficus punctata Thunb. op. cit. 9; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 1 

 (1888) 68, t. 88, 89. 



