Ficus trichopoda Baker
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Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabweluma Falls, Kalungwishi River, Northern Province, Mporokoso District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabweluma Falls, Kalungwishi River, Northern Province, Mporokoso District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabweluma Falls, Kalungwishi River, Northern Province, Mporokoso District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kabweluma Falls, Kalungwishi River, Northern Province, Mporokoso District.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Kundabwika falls, campsite.
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Photo: Jos Stevens
Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Ficus congensis Engl Ficus hippopotami Gerstner
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Shrub or tree up to c. 10 m, terrestrial. often with stilt roots or pillars supporting the branches; leaf lamina broadly ovate to elliptic, leathery, apex shortly acuminate to obtuse, base obtuse to cordate, margin entire, variously hairy to glabrous. Figs up to four together in the leaf axils, peduncle 0.5−1.0 cm. |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Senegal and South Sudan to KwaZulu-Natal and Madagascar. |
Malawi distribution:
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C,S |
Growth form(s):
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Tree.
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Endemic status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Elisabethiella bergi (Pollinated by this insect) Asota speciosa (Larval foodplant)
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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 63.
Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 133 - 136. (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 86. (Includes a picture).
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 151 - 152.
Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2023).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Ficus trichopoda. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=184240, retrieved 25 September 2023
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