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Ficus modesta F. White 1990

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia;; Subsection: Caulocarpae)

Distribution

Distribution_of_Ficus_modesta

Malawi (Mt. Mulanje, Mchese Mt., Machemba Hill, Phalombe Hill); Mozambique (Mt. Namuli); Zimbabwe (Mt. Inyangani).

Biology

Pollinator: Courtella sp.

Habitat

Afromontane forest. Lithophyte or strangler.

References

Berg, C.C., 1990. Annotated check‑list of the Ficus species of the African floristic region, with special reference and a key to the taxa of southern Africa. Kirkia 13, 253291.

Berg, C.C., 1991. Ficus. In: Launert, E., Pope, G.V. (Eds.), Flora Zambesiaca. Volume 9. Ulmaceae, Cannabaceae, Moraceae, Cecropiaceae, Urticaceae, Casuarinaceae, Salicaceae, Ceratophyllaceae. Flora Zambesiaca Managing Committee, London, pp. 39-76.

Burrows, J., Burrows, S., 2003. Figs of southern & south-central Africa. Umdaus Press, Hatfield.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F., White, F., 1990. New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique National de Belgique 60, 73110.

van Noort S., Gardiner, A.J., Tolley K.A. (In press). New records of Ficus (Moraceae) species emphasize the conservation significance of inselbergs in Mozambique. South African Journal of Botany

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