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Photographs
© Quentin Luke.
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Distribution
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Tanzania
and Kenya.
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Biology
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Pollinator
unknown. |
Habitat
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In
coastal bushland and savanna woodland. |
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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 30 m tall, terrestrial
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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nearly
subopposite, (sub)coriaceous, apex rounded, base rounded, both surface
glabrous
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size
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1.5-7
x 0.8-4 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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0.2-1
cm long, glabrous
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Stipules
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0.2-0.6
cm long, sparsely puberulous, subpersistent
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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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(sub)globose,
Æ
1-2 cm (fresh), subglabrous
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peduncle
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0.5-1.5
mm long, sparsely puberulous
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basal
bracts
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1.5-2
mm long, persistent
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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.
Bouček Z., A. Watsham & J.T. Wiebes, 1981. The fig wasp
fauna of the receptacles of Ficus thonningii (Hymenoptera,
Chalcidoidea). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie, 124(5): 149-233.
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 © Quentin Luke. Illustration
©
Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA). Distribution map
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).
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Ficus fischeri
Mildbr. & Burret |
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