(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia;; Subsection: Caulocarpae)
SE Kenya, E Tanzania, E Mozambique and NE South Africa.
Pollinator: Courtella wardi Compton.
Lowland dry forest (sand forest) and coastal bushland, at low altitudes.
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