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Brown-Woolly Fig leaves
This young fig plant is found growing in a native island graveyard. Turns out graveyards are a great place to look for figs due to the open area and traditional respect. The young leaves and stems are still hairy but will slowly lose these hairs as it grows. There are lots of tiny ants around the plant, feeding on the released sap to keep the ants around as anti-pest bodyguards for this plant. Brown-Woolly Fig hairs are common coastal and island species in Sabah. Borneo has around 150 native fig species and I have documented one third of it with 1StopBorneo Wildlife expeditions.
''Ficus drupacea'', also known as the brown-woolly fig or Mysore fig, is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia and Northeast Australia . It is a strangler fig; it begins its life cycle as an epiphyte on a larger tree, which it eventually engulfs. Its distinctive features include dense, woolly pubescence, bright yellow to red fleshy fruit, and grayish white bark. It can reach heights of 10–30 meters . Its fruit are eaten by pigeons, and it is pollinated by ''Eupristina belgaumensis.'' It occurs.. more
