Ficus pumila L.

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Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive, Alexandra Park, Harare

Synonyms:	Ficus repens Hort., non Roxb. ex Willd.
Common names:	Climbing fig (English) Tickey-creeper (English)
Description:	Climber, adhering to rocks, walls and trees, evergreen, with two types of foliage. Juvenile leaves thin, alternate, strongly distichous, sometimes overlapping, ovate, 1.5-4 × 0.9-2.2 cm; base cordate, asymmetric, with the larger lobe often overlapping the stem; margin entire. Adult leaves thicker, alternate, ovate to oblong-ovate, 4-8 × 2.3-4.8 cm, mid- to dark green with venation not prominent above, lower surface paler with prominently raised venation; base truncate, sometimes weakly cordate, somewhat asymmetric; margin entire. Fruit borne on old wood on adult growth only, up to 7 cm long and 4.5 cm in diameter, turbinate, greenish grey when immature, becoming purplish when ripe.
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Derivation of specific name:	pumila: dwarf
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Worldwide distribution:	Northern Vietnam, China, Japan and Taiwan
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Saturday 2 July 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 249 - 251. (Includes a picture).

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