Ficus laurifolia
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Solwezi Floriana Lodge; Nov 2011.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected from Ndola; Jun 2013.
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Samfya beach; Sep 2008.
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Samfya beach; Sep 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected from Ndola; Apr 2013.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Ficus brachypoda Hutch. Ficus ovata Vahl |
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| Description: |
Tree to about 15 m. tall, or a shrub, terrestrial or starting as an epiphyte or lithophyte. The bark is pale grey-brown with regularly spaced paler latitudinal stripes, and small crumb-like scales over the general surface on top of longitudinal papery scales. The leaves are discolorous, glabrous above and finely tomentose below. The figs are borne singly or in pairs in the leaf axils or on old wood. The mature figs are typically ellipsoid, green with whitish spots. |
| Type location: |
Ghana |
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| Derivation of specific name: | laurifolia: with leaves like a laurel tree (Laurus). |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa. |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Courtella hamifera (Pollinated by this insect) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Berg C.C. & Wiebes J.T. (1992). African fig trees and fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 208 - 211. as F. ovata (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 215. as F. ovata Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 91. as F. ovata (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. as F. ovata Troupin, G. (1978). Moraceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Page 146. as F. ovata var. octomelifolia and F. brachypoda |
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