(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Sycidium; Section: Sycidium)
N Angola and NW Zambia to W Tanzania, W Kenya, S Sudan and westwards to Senegal.
Pollinator: Kradibia gestroi afrum (Wiebes)
Lowland rainforest or savanna woodland, along streams.
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