Ficus sangumae Weiblen & Whitfeld

, Harvard Pap. Bot. 15(1): 1 (-4; figs. 1-2) (2010).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454628-2
Publication
Harvard Papers in Botany. Cambridge, MA
Collation
15(1): 1 (-4; figs. 1-2)
Date of Publication
Jun 2010
Family as entered in IPNI
Moraceae

Type Information

Collector Team
G. D. Weiblen 2065
Locality
Utai, secondary forest, alt. 300 m
Collection Date
14 Nov 2003
Type Herbaria
holotype LAE
isotype A
isotype BRC
isotype CANB
isotype K
isotype L
isotype MIN
isotype MO
isotype SING
isotype US
Latitude
3° 23' S
Longitude
141° 35' E
Distribution Of Types
West Sepik (Papua New Guinea)

Remarks

Etymology: of black magic or ‘sanguma’ in Melanesian Pidgin English. The plant is reported to have utility in practices concerning the supernatural.