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Planted
tree Cape Town, South Africa.
Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).
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Planted
tree Piekenierskloof pass, Citrusdal, South Africa.
Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Eupristina
verticillata.
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Eupristina
verticillata Waterston,1921 |
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A few of the more than 30 non-pollinating fig wasps
associated with F. microcarpa: |
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Odontofroggatia
corneri Wiebes,1980
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Odontofroggatia
galili Wiebes,1980
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Walkerella
microcarpae Bouček,1993 |
Habitat
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Strangler in
tropical forest; or rock-splitter on cliff faces; also coastal habitats. |
Distribution
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China
(southern), Christmas island (Pacific), India, Malaysia, New Guinea, Sri
Lanka, South-east Asia. Introduced to many tropical and temperate areas
of the world as a roadside tree or garden ornamental: Australia;
Bermuda; Brazil (Sao Paulo); Canary Islands; El Salvador; Hawaii;
Honduras; Italy (Sicily); Japan; Madeira; Malaysia (Sarawak); Mexico;
Puerto Rico; Solomon Islands; South Africa, Tunisia; Turkey; United Arab
Emirates; United States of America (California, Florida). |
Description
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Strangler or
lithophyte (free-standing tree under cultivation) reaching 22m in
height. |
References
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Berg, C.C. &
Corner, E.J.H. 2005. Moraceae - Ficus. Flora Malesiana Series
I (Seed Plants) Volume 17/Part 2. National Herbarium of the
Netherlands, Leiden.
Burrows, J. &
Burrows, S. 2003. Figs of southern & south-central Africa.
Umdaus Press, Hatfield. 379 pp.
Corner, E.J.H. 1965. Checklist of Ficus
in Asia and Australasia with keys to identification. The Gardens’
Bulletin Singapore 21: 1-186.
van Noort, S. & Rasplus, J.Y. 2010.
Order Hymenoptera,
Chalcidoidea associated with figs (families Agaonidae & Pteromalidae).
In: A. van Harten (ed.) Arthropod fauna of UAE 3, pp
325-355.
van Noort, S., Wang, R. & Compton, S.G. 2013.
Fig wasps (Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae,
Pteromalidae) associated with Asian fig trees (Ficus,
Moraceae) in Southern Africa: Asian followers and African
colonists. African Invertebrates
54:
381–400.
Wang R,
Aylwin R, Barwell L, Chen X-Y, Chen Y, Chou L-S, Cobb J, Collette D, Craine L, Giblin-Davis RM, Ghana S, Harper M, Harrison RD, McPherson JR, Peng YQ, Pereira RAS, Reyes-Betancort A, Rodriguez LJV, Strange E, van
Noort S, Yang H-W, Yu H, Compton SG. 2015.
The fig wasp followers and
colonists of a widely introduced fig tree, Ficus microcarpa.
Insect Conservation and Diversity doi: 10.1111/icad.12111
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Credits
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Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum).
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