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Ficus langenburgii

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Isotype of Ficus langenburgii Warb. [family MORACEAE]
Isotype of Ficus langenburgii Warb. [family MORACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Isotype of Ficus langenburgii Warb. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ficus sansibarica Warb. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ficus sansibarica
  • Ficus langenburgii

Flora

Entry for FICUS sansibarica Warb. [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 sansibarica Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 171;—Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 223; Hutchinson in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. ii. 130.
FICUS Langenburgii Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 293.
FICUS delagoensis Sim [family MORACEAE], For. Fl. Port. E. Afr. 99, t. xcii.
FICUS libertiana Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], l.c., name only.
Information
a tree with large spreading main branches on which are borne numerous clusters of figs; leaves oblong or lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at both ends, 3 1/2–5 1/2 in. long, 1 1/4–2 1/4 in. broad, entire, firmly chartaceous, finely verrucose above, otherwise dull and glabrous on both surfaces; midrib slightly impressed above, prominent below, about 1 lin. broad at the base, gradually tapered at the apex of the blade; lateral nerves 8–9 on each side of the midrib, the lowermost pair opposite and sharply ascending, the others diverging from the midrib at a wide angle and mostly arcuate, slender, prominent below, looped close to the margin; tertiary nerves very lax and branched, distinct below; veins closely reticulate and distinct on the lower surface; petiole 1 3/4–2 1/4 in. long, glabrous; stipules deciduous; receptacles borne in clusters on the old main branches, globose, 3/4–1 in. in diam., green when fresh, minutely puberulous, wrinkled like a plum when dry, with a basal stipe 1 1/2 lin. long; basal bracts not seen; ostiole bilabiate, with no bracts visible from the outside, all descending into the receptacle; male flowers with a solitary stamen. null
Range
Occurs also in Eastern Tropical Africa.
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Delagoa Bay, Sim, 5171!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal, without precise locality, Legat, 5873!

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