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Ficus cordata

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Identification
Ficus cordata Thunb. [family MORACEAE ]
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  • Ficus cordata

Flora

Entry for FICUS ingens Miq. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 522, (1925) Author: (By N. E. BROWN and J. HUTCHINSON.)
Names
FICUS ingens Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288;—Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 191; Warb. in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 161; Hutchinson in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. ii. 121.
Urostigma ingens Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 554.
Urostigma xanthophyllum Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. l.c.
Urostigma caffrum Miq. [family MORACEAE], Afr. Vijge-Boom. 31.
Urostigma xanthophyllum Sond. var. ovato-cordatum [family MORACEAE], in Linnæa, xxiii. 136.
Ficus schimperiana Hochst. ex A. Rich. [family MORACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 266, and in Ferr. & Galin. Voy. Abyss. Atlas, t. ii.
Ficus xanthophylla Steud. ex Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 554.
Ficus caffra Miq. [family MORACEAE], Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288.
Ficus pondoensis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Vierelj. Naturforsch. Ges. Zürich, li. 140.
Ficus maganjensis Sim [family MORACEAE], For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 99, t. xciii. fig. B.
Ficus cordata Sim [family MORACEAE], For. Fl. Cape Col. 308, t. 159, not of Thunb.
Ficus lutea Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 209, not of Vahl.
Information
a tree or shrub; young branchlets stout, with dull grey bark; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, rounded at the apex, deeply cordate or rounded-truncate at the base, 3 1/4–6 in. long, 2 1/4–4 in. broad, entire, chartaceous, glabrous, slightly shining above, finely warted between the veins below, finely reticulate on both surfaces, light glaucous-green when dry; midrib flat above, prominent below, about 3/4 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered to the apex; lateral nerves 8–9 on each side of the midrib, nearly equally prominent on both surfaces, diverging from the midrib at a very wide angle, prominently bifurcate 1/2– 3/4 in. from the margin; tertiary nerves lax and reticulate, very slender like the veins; petiole 1–1 1/2 in. long, sulcate, glabrous; stipules deciduous, not seen; receptacles axillary, mostly in pairs, shortly pedunculate, globose, rounded at the base, 4–5 lin. in diam., warted when dry, glabrous or slightly pubescent; peduncle 1–3 lin. long, or shorter, stout, very slightly puberulous; basal bracts 2, ovate, rounded at the apex, subpersistent, coriaceous; ostiole closed with about 3 visible imbricate bracts spreading horizontally across it, not conspicuous; male flowers subsessile, with a solitary stamen; female flowers sessile; ovary smooth; style slender; gall-flowers pedicellate. null
Range
Widely spread in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
COAST REGION Albany Div.; Blauw Krantz, near Grahamstown, Burtt-Davy, 7814! Alicedale Poort, Salisbury, 442; Stutterheim Div.; Fort Cunninghame, Sim, 2528! King Williams Town Div.; Mount Coke, Sim, 1523! Komgha Div.; among rocks between Komgha and Keimouth, Flanagan, 850! var. β; Queenstown Div.; Zwartkei River Valley, Junction Farm, Galpin, 8173!EASTERN REGION Griqualand East; Mount Fletcher, Sim, 2407! Pondoland; Umsibaka, Bachmann, 425! 429! Natal; Umgeni, Sim, 7126! Bushmans River, Sim, 7124! Klipp River, Rehmann, 7284! Ifafa Valley, Rudatis, 1010! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1142! Gerrard, 1857!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; near Pretoria, Rehmann, 4434! 4435! Miss Leendertz, 150! Burtt-Davy, 2383! 7787! 14613! Magaliesberg Range, Burke! Lydenburg district, Wilms, 1348! between Spitzkop and Komati River, Wilms, 1347! Houtbosch (Woodbush), Rehmann, 6490! Limpopo Valley, Hutchins, 12! near Mbabane, Bolus, 12299! Jeppes Town Ridges, near Johannesburg, Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 6248! kopje above Geldenhuis Mine, Ommanney, 148! Piet Potgieters Rust, Miss Leendertz, 1263! Komati Poort, Rogers, 2617! Majatas Nek, Burtt-Davy, 142!SOUTH AFRICA without precise locality, Zeyher, 1549!

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