(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Pharmacosycea; Section: Oreosycea; Subsection: Pedunculatae)
Northern Angola to Uganda, southern Sudan and west to Sierra Leone.
Lowland rainforest and dry evergreen forest, up to an altitude of 1300m.
Pollinator: Dolichoris flabellata Wiebes
Closely related to Ficus dicranostyla with which this species may be conspecific.
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