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Ficus ostiolata

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Identification
Ficus ostiolata De Wild. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ficus sur Forssk. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Ficus sur Forssk. [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 capensis var. pubescens Warb. ex De Wild. & T. Durand [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 3, 2: 215 (1901). Type from Zaire.
Ficus kondeensis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 30: 292 (1901). Type from Tanzania.
Ficus sycomorus var. polybotrya Hiern [family MORACEAE], tom. cit: 1014 (1900). Type from Angola.
Ficus clethrophylla Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1017 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 135 (1984).
Ficus sycomorus var. prodigiosa Hiern [family MORACEAE], tom. cit.: 1012 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 135 (1984).
Ficus sycomorus var. alnea Hiern [family MORACEAE], tom. cit.: 1013 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 135 (1984).
Ficus mallotocarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE], in tom. cit: 154 (1894). Type from Tanzania.
Ficus capensis var. trichoneura Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 20: 153 (1894). Type from Tanzania.
Sycomorus sur Forssk. Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 1: 121 (1849). Type as for Ficus sur.
Sycomorus capensis Thunb. Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot. 7: 113, t. 3B (1848). Type as for Ficus capensis.
Sycomorus thonningiana Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot. 7: 112, 563, t. 14A (1848) nomen; in Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 1: 123 (1849). Lectotype from the Cape Verde Islands, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 135 (1984).
Ficus lichtensteinii Link [family MORACEAE], Enum. Hort. Berol. 2: 451 (1822). Type from S. Africa.
Ficus capensis Thunb. [family MORACEAE], Diss. Fic.: 13 (1786). —Mildbr. & Burret in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 195 (1911). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 101 (1916); in F.C. 5, 2: 527 (1925). —Lebrun & Boutique in F.C.B. 1: 116 (1948). —Keay in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 606 (1958). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 30, t. 6C (1962). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa: 105 (1977). Type from S. Africa (not found in UPS —THUNB).
Ficus sur Forssk. [family MORACEAE], Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: CXXIV, 180 (1775). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 100 (1916). —Aweke in Meded. Landb. Wag. 793: 66, t. 17 (1979). —C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 135, t. 44 (1985). —C.C. Berg in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 56, fig. 18 (1989); in Kirkia13: 256 (1990). —van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot.56, 6: 604, fig. 4 (1990). Type from Yemen.
Ficus ituriensis De Wild. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. 40: 281 (1921). Type from Zaire.
Ficus beniensis De Wild. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Soc. Sci. Brux. 40: 278 (1921). Type from Zaire.
Ficus ostiolata var. brevipedunculata De Wild. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belge. 52: 221 (1914). Type from Zaire.
Ficus ostiolata De Wild. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 52: 220 (1914). Type from Zaire.
Ficus gongoensis De Wild. [family MORACEAE], in Fedde, Repert. 12: 196 (1913). Type from Zaire.
Ficus capensis var. mallotocarpa Warb. Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 198 (1911).
Ficus erubescens Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 6, 1: 29, t. 6 (1904). Type from Zaire.
Ficus munsae Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 6, 1: 29, t. 17 (1904). Type from Zaire.
Ficus villosipes Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 6, 1: 28 (1904). Type from Zaire.
Ficus plateiocarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE], in loc. cit. (1901). Type from Tanzania.
Ficus stellulata var. glabrescens Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 6, 1: 27 (1904). Lectotype from Zaire, chosen here by Berg.
Information
Tree up to 25(30) m. tall. Leafy twigs 2–5 mm. thick, white to yellowish (or brownish) puberulous, hirtellous, tomentose or hirsute to glabrescent, periderm usually not flaking off when dry. Leaf lamina elliptic to ± ovate or oblong, sometimes subcircular or lanceolate, 4–20(32) x 3–13(16) cm., chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acuminate to acute, base subacute to cordate, margin coarsely crenate-dentate to repand or ± entire; superior surface smooth, sometimes scabrous, glabrous or puberulous on the proximal parts on the main veins, the inferior surface puberulous to tomentose, or glabrous and only the main veins pubescent; lateral veins (3)5–9 pairs; petiole 1.5–9 cm. long, 1–2 mm. thick, puberulous, ± hirsute or subtomentose sometimes glabrous, epidermis usually not flaking off when dry; stipules 1–3.5 cm. long, white to yellowish subsericeous, pubescent or hirsute to glabrescent, caducous. Figs on branching, leafless branchlets up to 50(150) cm. long, on the older wood, down to the trunk, or figs occasionally in the leaf axils or just below the leaves; peduncle 5–20 mm. long, 1–3 mm. thick; basal bracts 2–3 mm. long. Receptacle obovoid to subglobose, often ± depressed-globose, often stipitate, at least when dry, 2–4 cm. in diam. when fresh, 0.5–2.5 cm. in diam. when dry, indumentum white to yellowish, ± puberulous to almost glabrous or densely tomentose to subvelutinous, red to dark orange at maturity.
Habitat
Widespread at most altitudes in wooded grassland, riverine fringes and evergreen forest
Range
Widely distributed in subsaharan Africa, from Cape Verde to the Yemen and south to Angola and S. Africa (Cape Province).
Altitude range
0–2300 m.
2300
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Distribution
Mozambique M estrada para Goba Fronteira, próx. da fonte J. Paco, 28.vi.1961, Balsinhas 495 (K).Mozambique GI Chongoene, 24.x.1947, Barbosa 504 (COI).Mozambique MS Manica Distr., Mavita, Monte Xiroso, 26.x.1944, Mendonça 2637 (K; LISC; WAG).Mozambique T Monte Zóbuè, 3.x.1942, Mendonça 632 (EA; LISC; SRGH; WAG).Mozambique Z Gúruè, 29.vi.1943, Torre 5616 (C; LISC; LMA).Malawi S Thyolo (Cholo) Mt., 24.ix.1946, Brass 17775 (K; PRE).Malawi C Ntchisi Mt., 1400 m., 30.vii.1946, Brass 17033 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe S Mberengwa Distr., Buhwa Mt., c. 1100 m., 30.iv.1973, Pope 1022 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare Distr., E. of Vumba Mts, 23.x.1967, Chase 8468 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Gweru Distr., Mlezu School Farm, c. 29 km. SSE. of Kwekwe, 5.i. 1966, Biegel 1180 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Matopos Reserve, Korakora Stream near Absent Farm, 7.ix. 1952, Plowes 1473 (PRE).Zambia S Zambezi R. at Katambora, 26.viii.1947, Brenan & Greenway 7760 (FHO; K).Zambia E Nyimba to Minga, 26.viii.1929, Burtt Davy 2094B (FHO).Zambia C c. 10 km. E. of Lusaka, 4.iii.1952, White 2184(FHO; K).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., Matonchi R., 11.xi.1937, Milne-Redhead 3187 (BM; K; PRE).Zambia N Mbala Distr., Kawimbe, Lumi R., 1680 m., 12.x.1956, Richards 6427 (K).Mozambique N Niassa Distr., Mutuali Region near Catholic Mission, 6.x.1953, Gomes e Sousa 4139 (COI; K; PRE).Malawi N Viphya Plateau, 13.iii.1962, Chapman 1619 (K, SRGH).Zambia B near Shangombo, Mashi R., 16.viii.1952, Codd 7569 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe N Near Mazowe (Mazoe) Dam Wall, 27.ix.1960, Rutherford-Smith 195 (K; PRE).Botswana SE Palapye Ratholo, along Tswapong Hills, 5.iii.1957, de Beer T2 (K; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
São Tomé
Príncipe
Bioko
Notes
This species is very variable in the indumentum of the leaves and figs, from glabrous to densely pubescent, and in leaf shape and lamina margin.

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