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Ficus stuhlmannii
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Lusaka SE 13km; Jun 2011.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka; Apr 2013.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: |
Ficus howardiana Sim |
| Common names: | Mukunyu (Bemba) Mupula-mpako (Bemba) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| 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. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | Classification: subgenus Urostigma, section Galoglychia, subsection Platyphyllae. Branchlets bearing figs are frequently infested with white cottony aphis (Order Hemiptera, Family Coccidae). |
| Derivation of specific name: | stuhlmannii: after Dr Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863-1928), German zoologist, who collected many plants in Mozambique and Tanzania. |
| Habitat: | Termite mounds in miombo woodland, and rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Senegal to Ethiopia, down to Namibia and the northern Cape and Limpopo, South Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,W,C,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,N,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| 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: | Friday 19 July 2013 |
| 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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