(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia; Subsection: Chlamydodorae)
SW Angola through western Namibia to NW South Africa.
Pollinator: Elisabethiella enriquesi (Grandi).
Semi-desert, always on rocks, up to an altitude of 1300m.
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