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<big>''[[Ficus subcuneata]]'' Miq.</big>
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:Protologue: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 235 (1867).
== Synonyms ==
*''Ficus formosastoechotricha'' Summerh.Diels (1935), *''Ficus stoechotrichaformosa'' Diels, Summerh. (1941).*''Ficus trichoneura'' Diels non Summerh.
== Distribution ==
Sulawesi, the Moluccas, New Guinea and New Britain.
== Uses ==
In Papua New Guinea, the latex is applied directly to scabies or a skin rash.
== Observations ==
*A small to medium-sized tree up to 30 m tall, bark surface greyish-brown to reddish or orange-brown, branches whorled.
*Leaves arranged spirally, obovate, 12-20 cm × 4.5-9 cm, base broadly cuneate to subcordate, apex acuminate, margin entire, with (7-)9-13(-16) pairs of lateral veins, hairy below, stipules up to 22 mm long.
*Figs axillary, solitary or occasionally paired, depressed globose, up to 40 mm in diameter, glabrescent, ripening scarlet; flowers with 4-6 free tepals, male flowers in 1 row, sessile, with 1 stamen, female flowers sessile.
''F. subcuneata'' is locally common in rain forest, often on riversides, from sea-level up to 1200 m altitude.
== Selected sources ==
167, 281, 611. medicinals
== Authors ==
*J.P. Rojo, F.C. Pitargue & M.S.M. Sosef
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