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Amis mata (Ficus montana)

Dlium Amis mata (Ficus montana)

Amis mata (Ficus montana) is a species of plant in Moraceae, small tree or shrub, erect, not climbing, woody stem, straight, cylindrical, branched, grows on the forest floor, shaded places, plantations and agricultural lands.

F. montana has leaves with short stalks, cylindrical in shape and green. Strands oblong, pointed tip, margins may be serrated or may be flat, green, a main vein in the middle with many pinnate minor veins and protruding on the underside.



The berries grow in the axillary above the leaves in single or multiple numbers and have short stalks, round in shape, rough surface, green or yellow when young and become bright red when ripe.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus Tourn. ex L. in Sp. Pl.: 1059 (1753)
Species: Ficus montana Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 226 (1768)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Ficus ampelos f. microcarpa Hochr. in Candollea 2: 12 (1925)
Ficus ampullacea Wight ex Miq. in London J. Bot. 7: 229 (1848)
Ficus biglandulosa Miq. in Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv.: 426 (1861)
Ficus humilis Roxb. in Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 535 (1832)
Ficus inconstans Miq. (1848)
Ficus javanensis Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult. 3: 680 (1802)
Ficus loddigesii Heynh. in Alph. Aufz. Gew. 2: 244 (1846)
Ficus madurensis Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 222 (1867)
Ficus madurensis var. angustifolia Corner in Gard. Bull. Singapore 17: 453 (1960)
Ficus montana var. purpurascens (Blume) Corner (1960)
Ficus polycarpa var. latifolia Miq. in Pl. Jungh.: 57 (1851)
Ficus purpurascens Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 412 (1829)
Ficus purpurascens Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 471 (1825)
Ficus quercifolia G.Lodd. in Bot. Cab. 16: t. 1540 (1830)
Ficus quercifolia var. aspera Koord. & Valeton in Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 11: 188 (1906)
Ficus quercifolia var. humilis (Roxb.) King in Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 1: 77 (1888)
Ficus quercifolia var. inconstans (Miq.) Ridl. in Fl. Malay Penins. 3: 339 (1924)
Ficus sclerocoma Miq. (1851)
Ficus smaragdina S.Moore in J. Bot. 63: 171 (1925)

PUBLICATIONS

Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.

Chaudhary, L.B., Sudhakar, J.V., Kumar, A., Bajpai, O., Tiwari, R. & Murthy, G.V.S. (2012). Synopsis of the genus Ficus L. (Moraceae) in India. Taiwania 57: 193-216.

Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.

Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.

Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Tange, S. & al. (2018). Flora of Nam Kading national protected area II: 30 new records of Angiosperms for Laos. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 75: 107-116.

Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(2): 347-655.

VERNACULAR NAME

English: Amis mata, Oakleaf fig
Indonesia: Amis mata, Uyah-uyahan
Java: Uyah-uyahan
Malaysia: Kesinan
Sumatera: Periyeh
Sunda: Amis mata

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