(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Sycidium; Section: Sycidium)
Widespread in Madagascar.
Pollinator: Kradibia cowani Saunders
In forest understory, often in riverine forest from sea level to above 1600m. The species is syntopic with F. pachyclada.
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