(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia; Subsection: Cyathistipulae)
Sierra Leone to Uganda, south through Democratic Republic of Congo to N Zambia.
Pollinator: Agaon paradoxum Dalman.
Rainforest and gallery forest, up to an altitude of 1200m.
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