Ficus cyathistipula Warb.
subsp. cyathistipula
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Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected at Mpongwe, Copperbelt Province.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected at Mpongwe, Copperbelt Province.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected at Mpongwe, Copperbelt Province.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected at Mpongwe, Copperbelt Province.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm, grown from seed collected at Mpongwe, Copperbelt Province.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, Protea Hill Farm.
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Common names:
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Floating fig (English)
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Description:
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Large shrub or small tree, evergreen, putting down adventitious roots to support branches, occasionally a liane, epiphytic. Leaves glabrous, leathery, apex acuminate, margin entire, stipules persistent. Figs with walls thick and spongy, floating in water. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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From Ivory Coast to Kenya to northern Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola. |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Insects associated with this species:
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Agaon fasciatum (Pollinated by this insect)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Literature:
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Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Page 75. As Ficus cyathistipula
Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 139 - 141. (Includes a picture).
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 86. As Ficus cyathistipula (Includes a picture).
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