Distribution
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Ivory
Coast east to
Kenya, Tanzania
and south to Angola and northern Zambia, with outlying population in Mozambique.
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Agaon
fasciatum Waterston.
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Habitat
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Forests, usually
next to streams or rivers, sometimes in rocky places, up to an altitude of
1800m.
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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 8 m tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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oblanceolate
to obovate, coriaceous, apex acuminate, base acute, both surface glabrous,
sometimes sparsely puberulous on the midrib beneath
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size
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6-20
x 3-7 cm
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lateral
veins
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5-7
pairs
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petiole
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1.5-4
cm long, glabrous or sparsely brownish puberulous
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Stipules
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1.5-2.5
cm long, glabrous or minutely white puberulous, persistent
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Figs
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position
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solitary
or up to 3 together in the leaf axils
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shape
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globose,
smooth or with up to 3 mm long protuberances, Æ
3-5 cm (fresh), scabrous, wall thick and spongy, apex protruding
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peduncle
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none
or 0.5-2.5 cm long
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basal
bracts
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4
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.
van
Noort S., Gardiner, A.J., Tolley K.A.
2007.
New records of Ficus (Moraceae) species emphasize the
conservation significance of inselbergs in Mozambique.
South African Journal of Botany
73: 642-649.
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Credits
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Photographs
and distribution map ©
Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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Ficus cyathistipula pringsheimiana
(Braun & K. Shum.)
C.C.
Berg |
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