Ficus tettensis Hutch.

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Mapungubwe Park, Limpopo Valley, S Africa

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Synonyms:	Ficus smutsii I. Verd.
Common names:	Small-leaved rock fig (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Small deciduous tree commonly growing as a lithophytic rock-splitter. Bark pale yellow to cream, smooth and flaking. Leaves very broadly ovate to kidney-shaped, often broader than long, up to c. 10 cm long, light green with long silvery hairs above, densely silvery velvety below, particularly when young; base broadly cordate; margin entire to irregularly and markedly wavy. Fruits in pairs in the leaf axils or on bare branches below the leaves, subsessile, almost round, 8-11 mm in diameter, covered in small small warts, green to reddish when ripe.
Notes:	Note: similar in general habit to the other typical rock-splitters: F. glumosa, which has larger, narrower leaves and larger fruits, and F. abutilifolia, which has much larger, hairless leaves.
Derivation of specific name:	tettensis: of Tete in Mozambique, where Sir John Kirk collected the type specimen
Habitat:	In dry areas on rock faces and outcrops.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Aug - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	From Guinee to Ethiopia and Somalia, South to Northern Namibia, Botswana, Northwest Province and northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Mozambique distribution:	N,T,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Thursday 18 June 2009
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African Plant Database: Ficus tettensis
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ficus tettensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ficus tettensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ficus tettensis
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ficus tettensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ficus tettensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Ficus tettensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ficus tettensis
Tropicos: Ficus tettensis
West African Plants database: Ficus tettensis