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Synonyms: |
Ficus howardiana Sim |
Common names: | Lowveld fig (English) Stuhlmann's fig (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Small to medium-sized deciduous tree, terrestrial or as a strangler. Leaves very stiff and thickly textured, obovate, oblong-ovate or elliptic-oblong, 6-20 cm long, grey-green to light green above, paler below, finely hairy above, particularly along the veins, more densely hairy below; veins prominent and yellowish below; margins entire, flat or wavy. Fruits sessile, borne along the branches and in the leaf axils, spherical to ovoid c. 15 mm in diameter, finely hairy, yellowish green with reddish spots, sometimes pink or purple when ripe. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | stuhlmannii: after Dr Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928), German zoologist, who collected many plants in Mozambique and Tanzania. |
Habitat: | Mostly in hot and dry mixed deciduous woodland, miombo or riverine fringes. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
Worldwide distribution: | From Senegal to Ethiopia, down to Namibia and the northern Cape and Limpopo, South Africa. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | N,C,E,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | Alfonsiella binghami (Pollinated by this insect) |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Friday 15 May 2009 |
Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Page 60. Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 116 - 119. (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 81. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 27. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 149. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 234. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 63. |
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