Ficus bubu - FigWeb

Distribution

From Senegal to Kenya, south to NW Namibia and South Africa (northern Kwazulu-Natal).

Biology

Pollinator: Courtella michaloudi (Wiebes).

Non-pollinator: Seres wardi van Noort.

Habitat

In various types of forests, including secondary areas, and savanna along water courses.

Description

(after C.C. Berg in Berg & Wiebes, 1992):

Biological form		tree up to 25 m tall, hemi-epiphytic or often terrestrial
Leaves	shape & colour	elliptic to oblong, coriaceous, apex shortly acuminate to rounded, base obtuse to rounded, both surfaces glabrous
	size	12-30 x 6-23 cm
	lateral veins	6-8 pairs, often furcate far from the margin
	petiole	4-11 cm long, glabrous
Stipules		0.3-0.5 cm long, glabrous or partly puberulous, caducous
Figs	position	up to 2-3 on short spurs on the main branches and on the trunk
	shape	globose, Æ 3-4 cm (fresh), glabrous to minutely brown puberulous
	peduncle	0.7-1 cm long
	basal bracts	4-5 mm long, persistent

References

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.

Credits

Ficus chirindensis C.C. Berg