(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia; Subsection: Chlamydodorae)
Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast. Nigeria to Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) and Burundi, possibly extending to Ethiopia. Also on the island of Sao Tome.
Pollinator: Alfonsiella fimbriata Waterston.
Lowland rainforest.
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