Ficus lyrata Warb.

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Photo: Mark Hyde
Near Herbarium, National Botanic Gardens

Photo: Mark Hyde
Guest Avenue, Alexandra Park

Photo: Mark Hyde
Harry Pichanick Drive. Alexandra Park

Photo: Mark Hyde
College Road, Harare

Synonyms:	Ficus pandurata Sander
Common names:	Fiddle-leaved fig (English) Lyrate-leaved fig (English)
Description:	A free-standing tree in gardens to 16 m. Branchlets stout, 10-15 mm in diameter. Leaves petiole up to 5 cm long; lamina large, up to 45 × 30 cm, stiff, prominently raised between the sunken veins, violin-shaped; base cordate or lobed; apex obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, wavy; stipules large, to 4 cm long. Fruit sessile, single or in pairs in the leaf axils, 4-6 cm in diameter, green with white spots.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	lyrata: shaped like a lyre.
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	West Africa from Sierra Leone to Cameroon.
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 274 - 277. (Includes a picture).

Flora of Zambia: cultivated Ficus lyrata
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ficus lyrata

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