(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Sycomorus; Section: Sycomorus)
Common species widespread in Madagascar.
Pollinator: Ceratosolen blommersi Wiebes.
Forest and riverine forest from sea level up to an altitude of 1600m.
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