(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Urostigma)
North eastern South Africa, northern Botswana and Namibia to Uganda and west to Niger.
Pollinator: Platyscapa binghami Wiebes.
Savanna woodland, along streams.
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