Distribution
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Guinea
to Uganda and Angola (Cabinda).
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Ceratosolen acutatus
Grandi.
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Habitat
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Lowland rainforest along rivers and in swamps.
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Description
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(after
C.C. Berg in
Berg &
Wiebes, 1992): |
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Biological
form
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Tree
up to 20 m tall, with buttresses, terrestrial
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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elliptic
to subovate, chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acuminate, base cordate to
subtruncate, margin dentate to subentire, upper surface scabrous, both
surfaces hirsute
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size
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5-22
x 2.5-11 cm
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|
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lateral
veins
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5-9
pairs, basal pair branched reaching margin mostly below the middle of the
lamina
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petiole
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0.5-5.5
cm long, puberulous
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Stipules
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1-2
cm long, puberulous
(sometimes glabrous), subpersistent
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Figs
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position
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on
up to 10 m long, partly subterreanean (figs geocarpic), branched
branchlets arising from base of trunk, or on short branchlets up to main
branches
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shape
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depressed
globose, Ø
2-3 cm (fresh), puberulous
to hirtellous
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peduncle
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0.5-1.5
cm long
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basal
bracts
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3-5
mm long
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References
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Berg,
C.C. 1988. New taxa and combinations in Ficus (Moraceae) in
Africa. Kew Bulletin 43: 77- 97.
Berg,
C.C. 1989. Moraceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa.
A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Berg,
C.C. 1990. Distribution of African taxa of Ficus (Moraccae).
[Proc. 12th AETFAT]. Mitt. inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23: 401-405.
Berg, C.C. 1990. Annotated check-list of the Ficus species
of the African floristic region, with special reference and a key to the
taxa of southern Africa. Kirkia, 13: 253-291.
Berg,
C.C. 1991. Moraceae. In: E. Launert & G.Y. Pope (eds) Flora
Zambesiaca 9, 6. Natural History Museum, London.
Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. 1989. Chapter 11. Ficus. Flora of
Tropical East Africa (ed. R.M. Polhill). 43-86. A.A. Balkema,
Rotterdam.
Berg,
C.C., Hijman, M.E.E. & Weerdenburg, J.C.A. 1984. Moracées (incl.
Cécropiacées). Flore du Gabon 26: 1–276.
Berg,
C.C., Hijman, M.E.E. & Weerdenburg, J.C.A. 1985. Moracées (incl.
Cécropiacées). Flore du Cameroun 28: 1–298.
Berg, C.C. & Wiebes, J.T. 1992. African fig trees and
fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.
Amsterdam, 1-298 pp.
Burrows, J. & Burrows,
S. 2003. Figs of southern & south-central Africa. Umdaus Press,
Hatfield. 379 pp.
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Credits
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Photographs
©
Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA). Distribution map © Simon van Noort (Iziko
Museums of South Africa). |
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Ficus botryoides
Baker |
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