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

Ficus virens (大葉榕? Chinese name possibly wrong)
Ficus virens are found in Tropical Asia to Northern Australia.
Its common name is white fig. And its fruits are edible.
In Tawau Town, a young fruiting Ficus virens can be found at junction of Jalan Utara Baru and Jalan Sin San.
 

NON-POLLINATOR of Ficus virens
♀ 1.7mm
 

POLLINATOR of Ficus virens Platyscapa coronata Grandi

♂ 1.2mm
♀ 1.0mm

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


JALAN UTARA BARU 2022-02-23

The 4 stages of ripen figs of Ficus virens.
 

10.6mm
11.4mm
11.8mm
12.4mm

Leave from a Ficus virens at Jalan Utara Baru, Tawau
 

POLLINATOR

Pollinator of Ficus virens 大葉榕
Male 1.2mm
Female 0.25+1.0+0.5mm

The smallest size of Fig pollinator In our records is this pollinator of Ficus virens.
 

The pollinator of Ficus virens is the fig wasp, Platyscapa coronata Grandi (see Wiebes, 1994).

Female pollinators travel a long distance to seek receptive figs in other trees.

Male fig wasps die within or near the syconia after mating.

Ficus virens at Jalan Utara Baru, Tawau Town, Sabah.

A beautiful Ficus virens tree growing side by side with a coconut palm and oil palms.

Coconut Palm
Oil Palm
Ficus virens 大葉榕

 

Platyscapa coronata (Grandi)
Blastophaga coronota Grandi 1928. Holotype Type locality: Sumatra, Indonesia

The above image of female pollinator was from a fruit of Ficus virens tree in Sabah, Borneo Island in 2023.
No NON-POLLINATOR were found from this tree.

Jalan Utara Baru 2023-02-19 SUN

Flora of Borneo