(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Conosycea)
Distribution
Madagascar. Widespread, but more abundant in the south-west of the country.
Pollinator: Platyscapa bergi Wiebes.
Dry areas, savannas, dunes, in rocky places, on cliffs, but also on riversides, up to an altitude of 1200m.
Illustration and Photographs © Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA).
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Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)
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