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Ficus brevipedicellata

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Name

Identification
Ficus brevipedicellata De Wild. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ficus natalensis Hochst. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Ficus natalensis
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Flora

Entry for Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii Miq. C.C. Berg [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Ficus leprieurii Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 219 (1867). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 158 (1916). —Lebrun & Boutique in F.C.B. 1: 139, t. 15 (1948). —Keay in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 608 (1958). Type as above.
Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii Miq. C.C. Berg [family MORACEAE], in Kew Bull.43, 1: 88 (1988); in Kirkia13: 267 (1990). Type from “Senegambia”.
Ficus brevipedicellata De Wild. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. 40: 279 (1921). Type from Zaire.
Ficus furcata Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 20: 173 (1894). Type from Zaire.
Ficus leprieurii var. sessilis Hutch. [family MORACEAE], in F.T.A. 6, 2: 159 (1916). Type as for F. furcata Warb.
Ficus chrysocerasus Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 20: 167 (1894). Type from Angola.
Information
Tree or shrub, often semi-scandent. Leafy twigs glabrous, minutely puberulous or white to yellowish hirtellous. Leaf lamina elliptic to oblong, or broadly obovate to obtriangular; apex acuminate to rounded, emarginate or truncate; margin often revolute; midrib terminating at the leaf apex orwell before it. Lateral veins (4)6–10 pairs; stipules usually subsericeous to hirtellous with white to yellowish hairs, at least at the base, occasionally glabrous or sparsely puberulous, caducous leaving a fimbriate scar. Calyptrate bud cover enclosing minute young figs. Figs 0.5–1 cm. in diam. when dry; basal bracts caducous sometimes subpersistent
Habitat
Forest, often along rivers and streams
Range
from Senegal to S. Sudan and southwards to E. Zaire and to N. Angola
Altitude range
0–1200 m.
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Distribution
Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., c. 12 km. W. of Kakoma, 19.ix.1952, White 3413 (FHO; K).

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