(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia;; Subsection: Caulocarpae)
B-phase figs
Late C-phase figs
A-phase figs
Mkambati Game Reserve
South Africa: Port St Johns to Umtamvuna gorge, with an outlying population in Ngoya forest.
Pollinator: Courtella species.
Coastal forest, often along rivers, at low altitude.
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