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Ficus nigropunctata
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Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected in Lusaka SE; Apr 2013.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
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| Frequency: | Occasional to rare |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
A shrub or small tree, mostly epiphytic and strangling, or terrestrial, deciduous. Leaves spirally arranged, petiole c. 1.5 cm., lamina c. 8 × 4 cm., papery, oblong to elliptic, apex shortly acuminate to subacute, base cordate to rounded, margin wavy, finely hairy above and on the veins below. Figs in pairs in the leaf axils or on older wood. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | Across southern Zambia from Pemba to Chipata. Epiphytes or lithophytes. An exceptionally small and inconspicuous species, easily overlooked. |
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| Habitat: | Miombo woodland and rocky outcrops. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal and as far west as Hwange in Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,C,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | N,E,C,Lk |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, epiphyte, shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
| Insects associated with this species: | Alfonsiella binghami (Pollinated by this insect) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 28 October 2014 |
| Literature: |
Berg C.C. & Wiebes J.T. (1992). African fig trees and fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 120 - 122. (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 80. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 145 - 146. 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. |
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