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Synonyms: | |
Common names: | Dwarf fig (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub up to 1.5(4) m tall. Leaves alternate; stipules 2-6 mm. long, caducous; leaf margin usually serrate-dentate or pinnately incised; leaf blade rough to the touch. Figs solitary in the leaf axils; ripe figs split open to reveal bright red pulp. Distinguished from other members of the Section Sycidium by the suffrutescent habit. Separate male and female plants; stipules not completely enclosing the stem apex; figs with bracts on the receptacle as well as basal and osteolar (Subgenus Ficus, Section Sycidium). |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | pygmaea: pygmy, dwarf |
Habitat: | On floodplains and in sandy dambos, mostly in the Kalahari Sand areas. |
Altitude range: (metres) | |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution: | Zambia, western Zimbabwe, Namibia and Angola. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W |
Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 48 - 49. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 52 - 55. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 59. (Includes a picture). Mannheimer, C. & Curtis B. (2009). Le Roux and Müller's Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Namibia Macmillan Education, Windhoek, Namibia. Pages 24 - 25. (Includes a picture). 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 219. |
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