Distribution
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From
north-eastern South Africa to Kenya.
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Biology
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Pollinator:
Alfonsiella
binghami Wiebes
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Habitat
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In
woodland and dry evergreen forests, often on termite mounds. |
Reference
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Wiebes J.T., 1988. Agaonidae
(Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea) and Ficus (Moraceae): fig wasps and their
figs, II. (Alfonsiella). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse
Akademie van Wetenschappen, 91: 429-436.
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Description
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(after
Berg in Berg & Wiebes 1992) |
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Biological
form
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tree
up to 15 m tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic
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Leaves
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shape
& colour
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oblong
to ovate, (sub)coriaceous, apex rounded to acute, base cordate, both
surface hirtellous
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size
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2.5-18
x 2-8 cm
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lateral
veins
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4-7
pairs, basal pair not 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, white puberulous, caducous
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Figs
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position
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in
pairs in the leaf axils, also just below the leaves
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shape
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globose
to ellipsoid, Æ
1.5-2.2 cm (fresh), densely white pubescent
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peduncle
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none,
fig sessile
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basal
bracts
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3
mm long, persistent
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Credits
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Photographs
© Jean-Yves Rasplus and Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of Cape Town) |
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