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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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A large shrub or small to medium tree, evergreen, glabrous. Leaves stiff, leathery, apex acuminate, margins entire. Epidermis of the petiole peeling off when dry. Figs in leaf axils or on previous year’s growth, sessile. |
Type location:
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Cameroon |
Notes:
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Red data status: Rare in Zambia, but apparently widespread. Least concern? [LR−lc] |
Derivation of specific name:
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Habitat:
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Swamp and riverine forest. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Nigeria to eastern D.R. Congo and NW Zambia. |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca):
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W |
Zambian distribution (Provinces):
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Nw |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Lower Risk - least concern |
Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Literature:
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Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Page 76.
Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 137 - 138. (Includes a picture).
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