Distribution
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South
Africa (northern Kwazulu-Natal), Mozambique, Malawi,
Tanzania, Kenya.
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Elisabethiella stuckenbergi Grandi)
in South Africa.
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Habitat
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In lowland
sand forest
and coastal bushland.
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Description
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Biological
form
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tree
up to 30 m tall, hemi-epiphytic
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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often
subopposite, oblanceolate to subovate, (sub)coriaceous, apex obtuse, base
obtuse, both surface glabrous
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size
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0.5-5
x 0.3-2 cm
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lateral
veins
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5-8
pairs, midrib not reaching the apex of the lamina
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petiole
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0.2-0.8
cm long, glabrous (leafy twigs with whitish hairs)
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Stipules
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0.2-0.5
cm long, puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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in
pairs in the leaf axils or just below the leaves
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shape
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globose,
Æ
0.5 cm (fresh), minutely puberulous
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peduncle
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none
or 0.2-0.5 mm long, minutely puberulous
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basal
bracts
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1-2
mm long, persistent
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References
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Berg, C.C. 1986. The Ficus species (Moraceae) of Madagascar and
the Comore Islands. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
d’Histoire Naturelle. Paris (4), 8: 17-55.
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 and distribution map ©
Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA) or ©
Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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Ficus natalensis natalensis Hochst. |
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