(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia;; Subsection: Caulocarpae)
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Burundi, W Kenya and N Tanzania.
Pollinator: Courtella wardi Compton.
Afromontane forest at altitudes between 1600 and 2300m.
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