(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Urostigma)
Madagascar. Largely restricted to the south west of the country, however, one sample has been found near Toamasina.
Pollinator: unknown
Dry forests and xerophytic bush at low altitude.
This recently described species has been confused previously with F. marmorata and is illustrated under this name in Flora Madagascar (1952).
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