Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Conservation International New Ireland RAP Survey 
10029 Moraceae 
Ficus tinctoria Forst. f. 
New Ireland, near the junction of the Niagara and Weitin Rivers (site 
2), mature lowland rainforest in and around transect 1, elev. 240 m, 
near 4° 30.210’ S, 152° 56’ 242” E. 
with coll sequence starting Archidendron 9904; 20 m tree; lactiferous, 
rounded crown with sympodial branching, stilt roots present at base of 
trunk and also with adventitious roots appressed to the bole, outer bark 
pale medium-brown, smooth; leaves alternate, spiral, glabrous, 
stipulate, the tipules caducous, yellow-green, subulate, glabrate, 10-15 
mm; lamina coriaceous or firm, adaxially dark dull green, abaxially 
yellow-green, 16.5 x 6.75 cm, acute or bluntly acuminate, base acute; 
petiole 2-2.5 cm, suberized, transversely rugose; laterals 4-7 pairs, 
looping, nervation conspicuously areolate below, areoles polygonal, 
marked by dark lines, costa prominulous above, more raised below; 
syconia axillary, dull yellow, somewhat scabridulous, apex subtruncate 
with a raised rim around the ostiole, receptacle glabrous; peduncle 
yellow-green, glabrate, several teethiike bracts at the base; figs ca 14 x 
14 mm (pickled); male flowers ostiolar; females stalked, shortly hairy, 
monochlamydeous, lobes linear, 4, erect, ovary glabrous, style simple 
and lateral. 
figs bottled 
coll: W. Takeuchi & J. Wiakabu 10029 
date: January 1994 
det: WT 
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