(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Sycidium; Section: Sycidium)
Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia (Caprivi strip), NW Zambia E Angola and S Democratic Republic of Congo.
Pollinator: Kradibia gestroi afrum (Wiebes).
Along streams on sandy soil (usually Kalahari Sands).
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