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Melinocarpa Fig leaves About 7m tall fig tree fruiting with lots of small orange-colored fruits. Fruits are still young as they are not falling yet. Leaf has 4 - 10 side veins and seem firm. A widespread species in Southeast Asia but rare in Borneo. Glad to spot find this species in Borneo.<br />
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Figs do not display observable flowers as the flowers uniquely grow inside the fruits and are only visible when cut open. Hence they need fig wasps to enter and pollinate the inner flowers in the fruit through the ostiole opening which looks like a little hole at the bottom of the fruit. Borneo has around 150 native fig species and I have documented one third of it with 1StopBorneo Wildlife expeditions.<br />
 Ficus melinocarpa,Geotagged,Malaysia,Spring Click/tap to enlarge

Melinocarpa Fig leaves

About 7m tall fig tree fruiting with lots of small orange-colored fruits. Fruits are still young as they are not falling yet. Leaf has 4 - 10 side veins and seem firm. A widespread species in Southeast Asia but rare in Borneo. Glad to spot find this species in Borneo.

Figs do not display observable flowers as the flowers uniquely grow inside the fruits and are only visible when cut open. Hence they need fig wasps to enter and pollinate the inner flowers in the fruit through the ostiole opening which looks like a little hole at the bottom of the fruit. Borneo has around 150 native fig species and I have documented one third of it with 1StopBorneo Wildlife expeditions.

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  1. I saw a documentary a long time ago where they put teeny tiny cameras inside the figs to document the wasps pollinating the flowers, etc. It was really mindblowing. Posted 4 years ago
    1. Wow! Do you know the name of the documentary? Fig pollinations is the most complicated reproduction process in the plant kingdom! Posted 4 years ago
      1. Unfortunately, I don't. It was at least 10 years ago, maybe 20. Lol, I feel old. It might have been on the PBS Nature. It was such a cool documentary though as I knew nothing about fig pollination at the time. I was astonished. Posted 4 years ago

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Ficus melinocarpa is a fig that is endemic to Borneo.

Similar species: Rosales
Species identified by _ChunXingWong_
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By _ChunXingWong_

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Uploaded Oct 27, 2020. Captured Jun 3, 2020 13:16 in 3761, Lorong Pasadena 3, 91000 Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
  • f/5.6
  • 1/664s
  • ISO200
  • 128.91mm