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Ficus modesta

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Name

Identification
Ficus modesta F.White [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ficus unrecorded
  • Ficus chirindensis
  • Ficus brachylepis
  • Ficus modesta
  • Ficus ottoniifolia
  • Ficus ulugurensis

Flora

Entry for Ficus ottoniifolia subsp. ulugurensis Mildbr. & Burret 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 modesta F. White [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60: 104 (1990). Type: Malawi, Chipalumbe gorge, (Mt. Mulanje, Phalombe R.), 13.v.1958, Chapman 567 (K, holotype; FHO, isotype).
Ficus ulugurensis Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 226, t. 4 (1911). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 139 (1916). Type as above.
Ficus ottoniifolia subsp. ulugurensis Mildbr. & Burret C.C. Berg [family MORACEAE], in Kew Bull. 43: 92 (1988); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 77 (1989); in Kirkia13: 274 (1990). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in F.T.E.A.
Ficus scheffleri Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 225 (1911). Type from Tanzania.
Information
Tree up to 10 m. tall, or a shrub. Leafy twigs dark-brown to blackish when dry. Leaf lamina 7.5–15 x 3–7 cm., subcoriaceous; apex shortly acuminate; base cuneate to rounded or subcordate; lateral veins 8–12(14) pairs; petiole 1.5–4 (5.5) cm. long, 1–1.5 mm. thick when dry. Peduncle basal bracts subpersistent. Receptacle ellipsoid to subglobose, 2–2.5 cm. in diam. when fresh, (1)1.2–1.8 cm. in diam. when dry, yellow with paler spots at maturity.
Habitat
In medium altitude rainforest, dry forest or rocky slopes and in transition woodland below evergreen forest
Altitude range
850–1200 m.
1200
850
Distribution
Malawi C Lilongwe, Nature Sanctuary, 5.ii.1985, Patel & Banda 2066 (MAL).Malawi S Mt. Mulanje, Esperanza Tea Estate, 23.vii.1973, Dowsett-Lemaire 864 (FHO); Machemba Hill, 3.ix.1983, Seyani & Balaka 1312 (MAL).
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Notes
This subspecies differs from the other subspecies in having ± persistant basal bracts on the peduncle, and leafy twigs drying dark brown instead of pale brown.The other subspecies and their ranges of distribution are as follows; subsp. ottoniifolia ranges from Uganda to Sierra Leone (or Senegal?), subsp. multinervia C.C. Berg from Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast, and subsp. lucanda (Ficalho) C.C. Berg from NW. Tanzania through Zaire to Angola and Gabon.

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