Ficus nigropunctata Mildbr. & Burret

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Ficus nigropunctata

Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka, grown from seed collected in Lusaka

Ficus nigropunctata

Photo: Patricia Bingham

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Status: Native
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A shrub or small tree, mostly epiphytic and strangling, or terrestrial, deciduous. Leaves spirally arranged, petiole c. 1.5 cm., lamina c. 8 × 4 cm., papery, oblong to elliptic, apex shortly acuminate to subacute, base cordate to rounded, margin wavy, finely hairy above and on the veins below. Figs in pairs in the leaf axils or on older wood.
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Worldwide distribution: From Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal and as far west as Hwange in Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution: N
Growth form(s): Tree, epiphyte, shrub under 2 m.
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Insects associated with this species: Alfonsiella binghami (Pollinated by this insect)
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Literature:

Berg C.C. & Wiebes J.T. (1992). African fig trees and fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam

Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6)

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 120 - 122. (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 80. (Includes a picture).

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 145 - 146.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 234.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 63.

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ficus nigropunctata
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ficus nigropunctata
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ficus nigropunctata
Plants of the World Online: Ficus nigropunctata
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Ficus nigropunctata.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120340, retrieved 28 March 2024

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