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B-phase fig
split open shortly after pollination. |
B-phase fig
ostiole. |
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Ormyrus (Ormyridae)
leaf petiole/
leaf bud galls. |
Ormyrus species (Ormyridae)
have been reared from these
petiole/
leaf bud galls on Ficus glumosa, but they may or may not be the primary
gall former. The Ormyrus species could be parasitoids or inquilines
of Eurytomidae or Epichrysomallinae that instigated the gall formation
(personal communication by Simon van Noort). |
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| Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania |
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Distribution
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From
South Africa to Senegal and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Elisabethiella glumosae Wiebes.
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Habitat
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In
savanna and in woodlands, often in rocky places. |
Description
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(after
C.C. Berg in
Berg
& Wiebes, 1992): |
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Biological
form
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shrub
or tree up to 10 m tall, terrestrial
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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oblong
to ovate, subcoriaceous, apex shortly acute, base cordate, upper surface
glabrous to puberulous
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size
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2-14
x 2-9 cm
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lateral
veins
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3-7
pairs, basal pair branched reaching margin far below the middle of the
lamina
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petiole
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0.5-4
cm long, puberulous
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Stipules
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0.5-1.5
cm long, partly bright yellow, caducous
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Figs
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position
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in
pairs in the leaf axils
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shape
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globose
to ellipsoid, Æ
1-1.5 cm (fresh), smooth to puberulous
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peduncle
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none
or up to 0.3 cm long
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basal
bracts
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3
mm long, persistent
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References
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Berg,
C.C. 1988. New taxa and combinations in Ficus (Moraceae) in
Africa. Kew Bulletin 43: 77- 97.
Berg,
C.C. 1989. Moraceae. In: R.M. Polhill (ed.) Flora of Tropical East Africa.
A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Berg,
C.C. 1990. Distribution of African taxa of Ficus (Moraccae).
[Proc. 12th AETFAT]. Mitt. inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23: 401-405.
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: 253-291.
Berg,
C.C. 1991. Moraceae. In: E. Launert & G.Y. Pope (eds) Flora
Zambesiaca 9, 6. Natural History Museum, London.
Berg, C.C. & Hijman, M.E.E. 1989. Chapter 11. Ficus. Flora of
Tropical East Africa (ed. R.M. Polhill). 43-86. A.A. Balkema,
Rotterdam.
Berg,
C.C., Hijman, M.E.E. & Weerdenburg, J.C.A. 1984. Moracées (incl.
Cécropiacées). Flore du Gabon 26: 1–276.
Berg,
C.C., Hijman, M.E.E. & Weerdenburg, J.C.A. 1985. Moracées (incl.
Cécropiacées). Flore du Cameroun 28: 1–298.
Berg, C.C. & Wiebes, J.T. 1992. African fig trees and
fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen.
Amsterdam, 1-298 pp.
Bouček Z., A. Watsham & J.T. Wiebes, 1981. The fig wasp
fauna of the receptacles of Ficus thonningii (Hymenoptera,
Chalcidoidea). Tijdschrift Voor Entomologie, 124(5): 149-233.
Burrows, J. & Burrows,
S. 2003. Figs of southern & south-central Africa. Umdaus Press,
Hatfield. 379 pp.
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Credits
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Photographs
and distribution map © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa) or ©
Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA). |
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Ficus
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