Ficus prostrata (Wall. ex Miq.) Miq.

The description is based on published records. No Chinese specimens have been seen by the authors. Berg (in litt.) suggests that this species would be better placed in Ficus subgen. Sycomorus.

Small trees. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 2 cm, membranous. Leaves alternate; petiole 1.5-3 cm; leaf blade obovate-lanceolate to oblong, ± asymmetric, 8-11 cm, thinly papery, smooth, base cuneate to slightly obtuse, margin entire, apex acuminate; basal lateral veins very short, secondary veins 8-10 on each side of midvein. Figs on pendulous, eventually prostrate, leafless branchlets, ± underground at maturity, solitary, ± pear-shaped, tuberculate, with scale-like hairs; peduncle 8-10 mm; involucral bracts ovate, apex irregularly acuminate; lateral bracts present. Male flowers: calyx lobes 3 or 4, linear; with 1(or 2) stamen; pistillode broadly ovoid to ± rhombic, with a persistent lateral style and linear stigma. Achenes obliquely ovoid.

Yunnan (Gongshan) [Bangladesh, NE India, Sikkim, Vietnam].

Dense forests; 1200-1500 m.

Covellia prostrata Wallich ex Miquel, London J. Bot. 7: 465. 1848.

Ficus prostrata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Moraceae. Loài này được (Wall. ex Miq.) Buch.-Ham. ex Miq. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1867.

平枝榕（学名：Ficus prostrata）为桑科榕属的植物。分布在锡金、越南、印度东北部以及中国大陆的云南等地，生长于海拔1,200米的地区，常生于密林中，目前已由人工引种栽培。