Ficus wakefieldii
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Kabwe; 1970.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Solwezi-Chingola; Feb 1982.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected at Kabwe; Aug 1996.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected at Kabwe; Aug 1996.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected at Kabwe; Aug 1996.
Photo: Mike Bingham
Lusaka SE, grown from seed collected at Kabwe; Apr 2013.
Photo: Mike Bingham
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Citabataba-cikolo (Lamba) Ituntu (Bemba) Mukunyu (Bemba) Mupula-mpako (Kaonde) |
| Frequency: | Occasional |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tree c. 10 m tall, elsewhere to 25 m, with a wide spreading crown, epiphytic or lithophytic; leaf leathery, broadly ovate to suborbicular, apex rounded, base cordate; figs sessile, paired in the leaf axils, initially enclosed in ovate, hairy bud covers; basal bracts persistent. |
| Type location: |
Kenya |
| Notes: | The large tree in downtown Kabwe is a National Monument. There are several younger trees in the town and on nearby farms, but this is an outlier population from the main area of distribution across the northern higher-rainfall areas in Zambia. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Termite mounds in miombo woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1200 m (approx) |
| Flowering time: | Sep – Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and northern Zambia. |
| FZ divisions: | N,W,C |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Cb,Lp,C |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - least concern |
| Insects associated with this species: | Elisabethiella socotrensis (Pollinated by this insect) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 17 July 2013 |
| Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Page 59. Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 109 - 111. (Includes a picture). |
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