Treculia africana Decne.
subsp. africana
var. africana

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Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana

Photo: Warren McCleland
14 km north-west of Nkhotakota

Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana

Photo: Warren McCleland
14 km north-west of Nkhotakota

Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana

Photo: Warren McCleland
14 km north-west of Nkhotakota

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Status: Native
Description:
Tree up to 30 m., evergreen, with milky latex. Bole fluted, bark smooth, grey-brown. Leaves alternate, lamina oblong-lanceolate, base slightly asymmetric. Male flowers cover the surface of golf ball sized inflorescences; the female inflorescence is up to about 15 cm in diameter; the mature infructescence is about the size of a football.
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Derivation of specific name: africana: African
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Flowering time:Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution: From Senegal and Southern Sudan to Mozambique, Malawi and northern Angola.
Malawi distribution: N,S
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Insects associated with this species: Cyrestis camillus sublineata (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated: Saturday 10 March 2018
Literature:

Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 22 - 24. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 346 - 350. (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 74. As Treculia africana subsp. africana (Includes a picture).

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Pages 124 - 125.

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Flora of Mozambique: Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Treculia africana
African Plant Database: Treculia africana
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Treculia africana
JSTOR Plant Science: Treculia africana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Treculia africana
Plants of the World Online: Treculia africana
Tropicos: Treculia africana
Wikipedia: Treculia africana


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Species information: Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184170, retrieved 29 March 2024

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