Compilation
Ficus natalensis

49 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Ficus natalensis Not on sheet. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Burret,
Related name
  • Ficus faulkneriana
  • Ficus furcata
  • Ficus triangularis
  • Ficus unrecorded
  • Ficus columbarum
  • Ficus brevipedicellata
  • Ficus durbanii
  • Ficus chrysocerasus
  • Ficus mammosa
  • Ficus volkensii
  • Ficus variabilis
  • Ficus leprieurii
  • Ficus natalensis
Common name
  • bu pudun (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • parafi din tera (JB) pov di dalgu (JB) tarafi din tera (JB) (SENEGAL, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ka pva (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Bayot)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bu fèndèk (JB) é londolit (JB) gi pèndèt (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bark-cloth tree (Sudan)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • soto foro (auctt.) sotokuro (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for FICUS craterostoma Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret [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 craterostoma Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 247 partly;—Hutchinson in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. ii. 160.
FICUS natalensis Sim [family MORACEAE], For. Fl. Cape Col. 307, t. 136? not of Hochst.
Information
a shrub or small tree; branchlets slender, glabrous; leaves obovate or triangular-obovate, truncate at the apex, shortly cuneate at the base, more or less rounded in the upper half, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, 3/4–1 3/4 in. broad, entire, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; midrib prominent and straw-coloured below, divided about 1/4 in. below the apex; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from it at an angle of 45°, distinct on both surfaces, rather slender, but prominent below; veins prominent; petiole 1/3– 3/4 in. long, smooth; stipules persistent or subpersistent; receptacles axillary, sessile, subglobose, about 4 lin. in diam., glabrous; basal bracts puberulous outside; ostiole large and gaping, smooth; bracts few, all descending into the receptacle, glabrous; male flowers with a solitary stamen. null
Range
Occurs also in Tropical Africa.
Distribution
COAST REGION Komgha Div.: in Gwenkala woods, near Komgha, Flanagan, 679! and in Herb. Bolus, 1312!EASTERN REGION Transkei; Kentani districts, Miss Pegler, 1126! Pondoland; Port St. John, Sim, 2406! Natal; Durban, Sim, 7125! Umgaye, Rudatis, 1095! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1184!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, Nelson, 435! Potatabosch, Burtt-Davy, 1202! Woodbush forests, Legat, 6724! Dumisa Station, Rudatis, 1095!

Related Materials