Ficus mucuso Welw. ex Ficalho

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Mpunga Rangercamp camp area, Moribane Forest

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Synonyms:	Ficus corylifolia Warb. Ficus sidifolia Welw. ex Hiern
Common names:	Forest sycomore fig (English)
Frequency:	Very rare
Status:	Native
Description:	Tall evergreen tree, up to 30 m high, trunk straight with prominent butresses; branches spreading into an open crown; bark, smooth, brown, with prominent ring marks and lenticels; white latex present; young branches and growing points with long orange-brown hairs. Leaves ovate to almost round, 6-17 cm long, rough with short stiff hairs above, hairy beneath, cordate and 3-veined at the base; margin sometimes irregularly toothed particularly when young; petiole 2-9 cm long. Figs ovoid to globose, 3-5 cm in diameter when fresh, hairy, dark orange, borne on leafless branchlets up to 30 cm long out of large branches or the trunk, sweetly scented.
Type location:	Angola
Notes:	Only known from a handful of specimens in Moribane Forest nearly 1800 km from its nearest known locality.
Derivation of specific name:	mucuso: after the Angolan town of Mucuso where the type specimen was found.
Habitat:	In evergreen forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	500 m (approx)
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Worldwide distribution:	In West- and Central Africa to Uganda, Tanzania and northern Angola with an isolated few specimens from Mozambique.
FZ divisions:	MS
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Images last updated:	Friday 26 April 2019
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 78. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ficus mucuso
African Plant Database: Ficus mucuso
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ficus mucuso
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ficus mucuso
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