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Ficus ovata Vahl 1805

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

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Ficus_ovata Ficus_ovata

Distribution

Distribution_of_Ficus_ovata

Senegal to southern Ethiopia and Kenya, south to northern Angola and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

Biology

Pollinator: Courtella hamifera hamifera Kieffer (West Africa); Courtella hamifera modesta (Wiebes) (East Africa).

Non-pollinators: Seres armipes Waterston, Philotrypesis africana Grandi & Philosycus monstruosus (Grandi).

Habitat

Savanna woodland, forest edges, riverine forest and secondary forest, up to an altitude of 2100m. Often planted.

Credits

Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA)

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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