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Identify Fig Trees by Figs :
Family Moraceae

1- Figs of Root Climber
2- Figs of Short Tree
3- Figs of Short Tree Earth Figs
4- Figs of Shrub
5- Figs of Strangler with Many Roots
6- Figs of Strangler with One Trunk
7- Figs of Tall Tree
8- Figs of Tree Trunk Fig

which category it belong

Ficus recurva 土蜜樹榕
Dioecious 雌雄異株 Male fig ♂13.2mm
Buffer Zone Lorong 36
Male ♂13.2mm

Ficus lepicarpa 鱗果榕
Dioecious 雌雄異株 Female fig ♀13.2mm

Short Tree
 

Ficus scaberrima 粗葉榕
Dioecious雌雄異株 Female fig ♀5.4mm

Shrubs

HILLS ZONE 2023-01-31

All above 6 species of Figs are Dioecious 雌雄異株

1- Ficus septica ♀棱果榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
Female  ♀23mm

2- Ficus cumingii ♀糙毛榕  Dioecious 雌雄異株
Female  ♀9.6mm

3- Ficus tinctoria ♀斜葉榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
Female  ♀12.1mm

4- Ficus heteropleura ♂♀尾葉榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
Male ♂12.1mm
Female  ♀10.0mm
Catholic

5- Ficus recurva ♂土蜜樹榕/雅緻榕/曲榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
Buffer Zone Lorong 36
Male ♂13.3mm

6- Ficus parietalis♀ 磚脈榕 Semarak Dioecious 雌雄異株
Semarak 9014
Female  ♀22.9mm

SABAH 2023-01-27 FRI 19:30

The Eight Physical types of Fig Trees in Borneo:
There are 8 types of Fig Trees physically:

1- Root Climber
2- Short Tree
3- Short Tree Earth Fig
4- Shrub
5- Strangler with Many Roots
6- Strangler with One Trunk
7- Tall Tree
8- Tree Trunk Fig

2023-01-15 SUN 20:03

Ficus caulocarpa 大葉赤榕

Sport Complex 2023-01-12 THU 17:01

Ficus nota (原產地菲律賓)
Sukau Greenview 2022-12-30

Ficus elastica 印度榕

Ficus elastica

Ficus virens
大葉榕?
Monoecious 雌雄同株
Strangler with Many Roots

6/8 Strangler with One Trunk

1- Ficus callophylla 美葉榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
2- Ficus cucurbitina 南瓜榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
3- Ficus dubia 深紅果榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
4- Ficus subcordata 近心葉榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
5- Ficus subgelderi 淡金榕/金葉榕 Dioecious雌雄異株

4/8 Shrubs

1- Ficus cumingii 糙毛榕 Dioecious雌雄異株
2- Ficus deltoidea 狹葉金卓葉 Dioecious雌雄異株
3- Ficus heteropleura 尾葉榕 Dioecious雌雄異株
4- Ficus inaequipetiolata (無名)
5- Ficus midotis (無名) Dioecious雌雄異株
6- Ficus obseura 暗榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
7- Ficus oleifolia 中間榕 Dioecious雌雄異株
8- Ficus scaberrima 粗葉榕 Dioecious雌雄異株
9- Ficus septica 稜果榕 Dioecious雌雄異株
10- Ficus subulata 假斜葉榕 Dioecious雌雄異株
11- Ficus sinuata 矩圓葉榕 Dioecious雌雄異株

5/8  Strangler with Many Roots

1- Ficus virens 黃葛樹 (大葉榕) Monoecious 雌雄同株
2- Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
3- Ficus caulocarpa 大葉赤榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
4- Ficus drupacea 枕果榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
5- Ficus microcarpa 細葉榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
6- Ficus parietalis磚脈榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
7- Ficus religiosa 菩提樹 Monoecious 雌雄同株
8- Ficus tinctoria 斜葉榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
9- Ficus elastica 印度榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株

3/8 Short Tree Earth Fig :

1- Ficus beccarii
2- Ficus malayana 馬來榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
3- Ficus megaleia
4- Ficus tarennifolia
5- Ficus treubii
6- Ficus uncinata

1/8  Root Climbers :

1- Ficus allutacea Dioecious 雌雄異株
2- Ficus barba-jovis
3- Ficus laevis 光葉榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株 (易危物種 Vulnerable species (VU))
4- Ficus punctata Dioecious 雌雄異株
5- Ficus recurva 土蜜樹榕/雅緻榕/曲榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
6- Ficus villosa

7/8  Tall Trees :

1- Ficus callosa 硬皮榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
2- Ficus nervosa 九丁樹 Monoecious 雌雄同株

2/8 Short Trees Ficus :

1- Ficus uarata
2- Ficus brunneoaurata
3- Ficus eumorpha
4- Ficus fulva
5- Ficus grossularioides
6- Ficus lepicarpa 鱗果榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
7- Ficus melinocarpa (無名) Dioecious 雌雄異株

8/8 Tree Trunk Figs :

1- Ficus cereicarpa (無名) unknown
2- Ficus fistulosa 騰格榕/水同木 Dioecious 雌雄異株
3- Ficus francisi (無名) Dioecious 雌雄異株
4- Ficus racemosa 聚果榕 Monoecious 雌雄同株
5- Ficus rosulata 施瓦茨榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
6- Ficus satterthwaitei (無名) Dioecious 雌雄異株
7- Ficus variegata 雜色榕 Dioecious 雌雄異株
8- Ficus nota Dioecious 雌雄異株

Tree Trunk Figs
聚果榕 Ficus racemosa
Monoecious 雌雄同株

聚果榕 Ficus racemosa

Shangri-la Tg Aru Resort 2021-04-10 SAT

An unidentified NON-POLLINATING fig wasp
that also breed in the fig, but which play no role in the pollination process.
♀2.25mm+4mm
Non-pollinators fig wasp lay eggs through the fig skin early in fruit development.

Ficus obscura 暗榕 Dioecious
Ficus scaberrima 粗葉榕 Dioecious

"....Previously Ficus scaberrima was known as Ficus pisifera but was split by Berg (2005) into two species, Ficus scaberrima in which the figs are hairless and Ficus obscura in which the figs are very hairy. ..."

Ficus scaberrima or Ficus obscura ?
borneoficus.info/2020

Stranglers with Many Roots
Ficus parietalis磚脈榕
Dioecious雌雄異株

Fruits from a a FEMALE tree

Family Moraceae
Ficus dubia 深紅果榕
Strangler with One Trunk

Ficus dubia fruits

Distinguishing Ficus drupacea and Ficus dubia by leaf and stipule.

Ficus dubia fruiting at Maliau attracts Borneo’s two largest hornbills.

Family Moraceae
Ficus subgelderi 淡金榕
Stranglers with One Trunk

淡金榕(金葉榕) Ficus subgelderi

Tree Trunk Figs
Ficus rosulata 施瓦茨榕
(Ficus schwarzii 2010)
Ficus schwarzii is now Ficus rosulata, Berg (2010)

Some common Figs of Borneo

1-Ficus drupacea 枕果榕 Monoecious 17.2mm

2-Ficus religiosa 菩提樹 Monoecious 12.1mm

3-Ficus heteropleura 尾葉榕 Dioecious ♀8.5mm

4-Ficus obscura 暗榕 Dioecious ♀11.7mm

5-Ficus microcarpa 細葉榕 Monoecious 8.6mm

6-Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕 Monoecious 8.6mm

7-Ficus cumingii 糙毛榕 Dioecious ♂9.0mm

Some Common Figs of Borneo
1-Ficus heteropleura 尾葉榕 Dioecious ♀9.0mm

2-Ficus tinctoria 斜葉榕 Dioecious ♀9.5mm

3-Ficus cumingii 糙毛榕 Dioecious ♀11.0mm

4-Ficus septica 棱果榕 Dioecious ♂19.3mm

5-Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕 Monoecious 8.6mm

6-Ficus microcarpa 細葉榕 Monoecious 6.8mm
 

Some Common Figs of Tawau Town:
1- Ficus religiosa 菩提樹 Monoecious

2- Ficus microcarpa 細葉榕 Monoecious

3- Ficus benjamina 垂葉榕 Monoecious

4- Ficus tinctoria 斜葉榕 Dioecious
 

More about FIG WASPS of Ficus
 

The Two Reproduction types of Fig trees in Borneo:
There are 2 types of Fig trees in ways they reproduce:
1- Monoecious 雌雄同株 (having both male and female reproductive organs in the SAME plant.)
2- Dioecious雌雄異株 (having the male and female reproductive organs in SEPARATE plant.)

The Five Developing stages of a Dioecious Fig species with separate MALE and FEMALE trees:

The Two Categories of Wasps that emerged from fig fruits:

1- POLLINATOR
2- NON-POLLINATOR

Pollinators and non-pollinating fig wasps breed in the fig, but non-pollinating wasps play no role in the pollination process.

Non-pollinators are pest wasps
From fig fruits’s perspective they are unwanted interlopers. In Borneo, more than one species of non-pollinating fig wasp can be associated with a particular fig tree species. For example Ficus septica 棱果榕 has two non-pollinating wasps.
Most of the non-pollinators lay eggs by inserting their ovipositor through the fig wall from the outside of the fig. These wasps often have extremely long “tails” (external ovipositors) the length of which has been evolutionarily determined by wall thickness of their host fig species.

RELATED  TOPICS

Tawau Hills Fig Garden at Tawau Hills Park in Sabah

Borneo’s second fig garden. (Started in 2021)

A conservation centre started in 2021 in planting  local Ficus in Tawau Hills Park as a means to supply foods to the wildlife. With a long term goal of preserving the park's buffer zone into Borneo First Botanic Garden

".... we hope that this living example of what is possible will stimulate the creation of hundreds of similar projects throughout Borneo. We can provide free fig seeds and growing advice to anyone interested in similar projects and forest restoration....."

Plant4Tawau project objectives
www.1stopborneo.org/corridors

Sabah Ficus Germplasm Centre (SFGC) at Tabin in Sabah

Borneo’s first fig garden. (Started in 2011)

A conservation centre started in 2011 in planting and cultivating many kinds of local Ficus in Tabin a means to supply rhino food. With a long-term plan of serving as  a store of  fig species of Sabah and a  source of planting materials for restoration work in Forest Reserves and for private land owners.

Kinarut Figs Garden at Kg. Langkuas, Kinarut.

Tawau Figs Garden in Tawau, Sabah
 

Fig Tree Garden (FTG)  at Tasek Gelugor, Penang.

Flora of Borneo