Central African Republic

Ficus calyptrata Vahl 1805

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia; Subsection: Chlamydodorae)

Distribution

Guinea to Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)

Biology

Pollinator: Elisabethiella pectinata (Joseph)

Habitat

Lowland rainforest

Credits

Photograph Simon van Noort © Iziko Museums

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Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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