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Ficus verruculosa
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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S of Mukuvisi R.
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Silveira House, Chisawasha
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Citawa-tawa (Lamba) Kafumwe (Bemba) Musali (Bemba) Mvumu (Nyanja) Namulomo () |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub, or weak-stemmed, sparsely branched shrub, rarely a small tree, often forming low, creeping thickets. Leaves oblong to lanceolate, leathery, hairless. Figs mostly in pairs in leaf axils, greenish, turning red when ripe. |
| Type location: |
Angola |
| Notes: | Trees or shrubs, terrestrial, epilithic (rock splitting), monoecious (both sexes on same plant), sap milky. Figs in pairs, or more together, in leaf axils or just below the leaves; basal bracts 3, lateral bracts absent, ostiole circular, with 3 ostiolar bracts visible (Genus Ficus, Subgenus Urostigma). |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Sandy dambos, seeps, stream banks. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Niger and Uganda to South Africa. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,W,C,E,S |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,E,C,Lk,S,W |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
| Insects associated with this species: | Platyscapa binghami (Pollinated by this insect) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Wednesday 17 July 2013 |
| Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 56 - 58. Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 79 - 82. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 85. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 17. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 152 - 153. Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 51. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 234. Mannheimer, C. & Curtis B. (2009). Le Roux and Müller's Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of Namibia Macmillan Education, Windhoek, Namibia. Pages 28 - 29. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 63. Roodt, V. (1998). Trees and Shrubs of the Okavango Delta Shell Field Guide Series: Part I Shell Oil Botswana, Gaberone. Pages 26 - 27. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 88. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27. Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 219. |
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