(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Galoglychia; Subsection: Cyathistipulae)
So far only recorded from Ivory Coast, Gabon and Democratic Republic of Congo, but likely to occur in other regions of lowland rainforest (indicated in pink).
Pollinator: Agaon obtusum Wiebes
Lowland Rainforest
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