Ficus glumosa
Mountain fig | |
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In Pretoria, South Africa | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Genus: | Ficus |
Subgenus: | F. subg. Urostigma |
Species: | F. glumosa
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Binomial name | |
Ficus glumosa | |
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The mountain fig (Ficus glumosa) is an Afrotropical fig shrub or tree, growing up to 20 m tall. It is found over a range of altitudes and broken terrain types, including kopjes, outcrops, escarpments and lava flows,[2] or in woodlands. It is for the greater part absent from the tropical rainforest zone, or the dry interior regions of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Identification[]
Bark is cream coloured with the branchlets densely covered with yellow brown hairs. Leaves are elliptical 20- 100mm in size with small veins raised on the underside of the leaf. Figs are 8 to 15mm diameter, hairy and red when ripe. The fruit is much favoured by birds, bats, antelope, monkey and baboons.[3]
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Spirally arranged leaves
References[]
- ^ "Ficus glumosa Delile, Synonyms". ThePlantList. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Ficus glumosa Delile". African Plant Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Van Wyk, Braam, 1952- (1997). Field guide to trees of Southern Africa. Van Wyk, Piet, 1931-2006. Cape Town: Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd. ISBN 1-86825-922-6. OCLC 38154166.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links[]
Media related to Ficus glumosa at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Trees of Africa
- Flora of the Arabian Peninsula