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| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Leaves oblong to subovate, with lateral nerves in 10−12 pairs. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
| Notes: | Ficus polita as applied by Berg (in Flora Zambesiaca), is considered by Burrows & Burrows to be a synonym of Ficus modesta F. White. But Berg gives Ficus modesta as a synonym of Ficus ottoniifolia subsp. ulugurensis (Mildbr. & Burret) C.C. Berg. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Submontane areas, Mafinga mountains. |
| Altitude range: | 1500 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | This subspecies is confined to the submontane areas of south-west Tanzania, northern Malawi, just coming into Zambia on the Mafinga range on the Malawi border. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | N,E |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Mc |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | Courtella sp. (Pollinated by this insect) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 5 July 2013 |
| Literature: |
Berg C.C. & Wiebes J.T. (1992). African fig trees and fig wasps. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Amsterdam Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Page 211. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 18. As Ficus polita Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Pages 98 - 100. as Ficus polita (Includes a picture). |
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