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Ficus madagascariensis C.C. Berg 1986

 

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

Ficus_madagascariensis Ficus_madagascariensis
Ficus_madagascariensis Ficus_madagascariensis

Distribution

 

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Madagascar. Largely  restricted to the south west of the country, however, one sample has been found near Toamasina.

Distribution_of_Ficus_madagascariensis

Biology

Pollinator: unknown

Habitat

Dry forests and xerophytic bush at low altitude.

Comments

This recently described species has been confused previously with F. marmorata and is illustrated under this name in Flora Madagascar (1952).

Credits

Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus

 

Web editing: Aisha Mayekiso

 

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