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Ficus mauritiana Lamarck 1788

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Sycomorus; Section: Sycomorus)

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Distribution

Ficus mauritiana Distribution

Islands of Reunion and Mauritius.

Biology

Pollinator: Ceratosolen coecus (Coquerel)

Non-pollinators: Apocryptophagus explorator (Coquerel) and Apocrypta perplexa Coquerel.

Habitat

Forest or thicket, usually along water courses, up to an altitude of 1100m.

Credits

Photographs: top four © Jean-Yves Rasplus, bottom one © Finn Kjellberg

Web editing: Aisha Mayekiso

 

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Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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