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Ficus faulkneriana C.C. Berg 1988

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

Ficus_faulkneriana  

Distribution

Distribution_of_Ficus_faulkneriana

Tanzania and Kenya

Biology

Pollinator unknown

Habitat

In coastal bushland and savanna woodland

Description (after Berg in Berg & Wiebes 1992)

Biological form

tree up to 30 m tall, terrestrial

Leaves

shape & colour

nearly subopposite, (sub)coriaceous, apex rounded, base rounded, both surface glabrous

 

size

1.5-7 x 0.8-4 cm

 

lateral veins

5-8 pairs, midrib not reaching the apex of the lamina

 

petiole

0.2-1 cm long, glabrous

Stipules

0.2-0.6 cm long, sparsely puberulous, subpersistent

Figs

position

in pairs in the leaf axils or just below the leaves

 

shape

(sub)globose, Æ 1-2 cm (fresh), subglabrous

 

peduncle

0.5-1.5 mm long, sparsely puberulous

 

basal bracts

1.5-2 mm long, persistent

Credits

Illustration © Jean-Yves Rasplus

Web editing: Aisha Mayekiso

 

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