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Ficus abutilifolia
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Nchendeni Hills; Dec 2004.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Victoria Falls, 5th Gorge; Nov 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Ficus picta Sim Ficus soldanella Warb. |
| Common names: | Mubungubungu (Tonga: Zambia) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark smooth and creamy-white, the trunk twisted and branching low; leaves alternate, hairless, leathery, almost circular, veins yellow-green conspicuous. The figs are borne singly or in small groups, axillary or on bare branches, green with cream spots, turning red when ripe. |
| Type location: |
Ethiopia |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | abutilifolia: with leaves like an Abutilon |
| Habitat: | Rocky escarpment slopes. It typically scrambles over rocks, growing from cracks and crevices, eventually splitting the rocks. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1360 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | E,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, lithophyte, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
| Insects associated with this species: | Elisabethiella comptoni (Fig pollinator) Nigeriella fusciceps (Wasp pollinator) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 19 July 2013 |
| Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 62 - 63. Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 129 - 132. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 212. (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 82. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 137. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 234. As Ficus soldanella 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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