Compilation
Ficus plateiocarpa
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Name
Identification
Ficus plateiocarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Burret, Ficus capensis Thunb. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
- Ficus plateiocarpa
- Ficus capensis
Flora
Entry for FICUS capensis Thunb. [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 capensis Thunb. [family MORACEAE], Diss. Fic. 13;—Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 34; Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 195, partly and excl. var. mallatocarpa, Mildbr. & Burret, l.c. 198; Sim, For. Fl. Cape Col. 307, t. 135; Hutchinson in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. vi. ii. 101.
FICUS Lichtensteinii Link [family MORACEAE], Enum. ii. 451; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 133.
FICUS Brassii R. Br. [family MORACEAE], in Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 448.
FICUS thonningiana Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 295.
FICUS capensis Miq. var. guineensis [family MORACEAE], l.c.
FICUS capensis Warb. var. trichoneura [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 153.
FICUS capensis Warb. var. pubescens [family MORACEAE], in De Wild. & Durand, Reliq. Dewevr. 215.
FICUS Sycomorus Welw. ex Hiern var. prodigiosa [family MORACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 1012.
FICUS Sycomorus Hiern var. alnea [family MORACEAE], l.c. 1013 and 1014.
FICUS Sycomorus Hiern var. polybotrya [family MORACEAE], l.c. 1013 and 1014.
FICUS plateiocarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 292.
FICUS stellulata Warb. var. glabrescens [family MORACEAE], in Warb. & De Wild. Ficus Fl. Cong. vi. 27.
FICUS villosipes Warb. [family MORACEAE], l.c. 28.
FICUS erubescens Warb. [family MORACEAE], l.c. 29, t. vi.
FICUS Munsæ Warb. [family MORACEAE], l.c. 29, t. xvii.
FICUS guineensis Stapf [family MORACEAE], in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 652.
FICUS kiboschensis Warb. [family MORACEAE]
FICUS kwaiensis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS simbilensis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS Matabelæ Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS umbonigera Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS oblongicarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS sericeogemma Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS brachypus Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS grandicarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
FICUS sarcipes Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, names only.
FICUS caulocarpa Warb. [family MORACEAE], &c Mildb. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 197–8, name only.
Sycomorus capensis Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 113, t. iii. fig. B.
Sycomorus guineensis Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 523, and in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 112, t. xiv. fig. B.
Sycomorus thonningiana Miq. [family MORACEAE], Afr. Vijge Boom. 123, and in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vii. 112, t. xiv. A.
Information
a shrub or small cauliflorous tree; branchlets glabrous or softly pubescent, with pointed more or less villous buds; leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, obtuse or shortly acuminate, rounded, slightly cordate or shortly cuneate at the base, 2 1/2–9 in. long, 1 1/2–5 in. broad or sometimes more, usually coarsely repand and obtusely dentate, chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous or softly pubescent especially on the midrib and lateral nerves; midrib prominent below, gradually narrowed to the apex of the blade; lateral nerves usually about 6–7 on each side of the midrib, diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 45°, arcuate, gradually fading towards the margin and branched; veins rather closely reticulate below; petiole variable, up to 3 in. long, sulcate, glabrous or pubescent; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acute, villous or nearly glabrous outside, caducous; receptacles borne in leafless simply branched panicles on the main stem or when shrubby towards the base of the branches; panicles up to nearly 1 ft. long, glabrous or nearly so; peduncles 1/3– 1/2 in. long, glabrescent; receptacles obovoid or obovoid-globose, subrounded or stipitate at the base, 3/4–1 in. long, with a usually prominent mammillate ostiole, glabrous; basal bracts whorled, 3, ovate-triangular, often slightly hairy; ostiole prominent, with numerous often hairy bracts spreading transversely across the orifice; male flowers subsessile; perianth hyaline, enveloping the 2 subsessile anthers; female flowers very shortly pedicellate; perianth-segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, membranous, glabrous; achene obliquely ellipsoid, shining; style laterally inserted. null
Range
Widely spread over nearly the whole of Tropical Africa; Cape Verde Islands.
Distribution
COAST REGION Knysna Div.; near Stofpad, Burchell, 5294! Humansdorp Div.; Essebosch, near Zeeko River, Thunberg; Uitenhage Div.; Enon, among bushes, Drège! Springfields, Paterson, 1907; Albany Div.; Blauw Krantz, in a wooded ravine, Burchell, 3676! a large tree near the Woolwashery in Howisons Poort, MacOwan, 2961! Howisons Poort, Salisbury, 439; East London Div.; river banks near East London, Galpin, 3103! East London, Sim, 2223! Komgha Div.; along streams near Komgha, Flanagan, 767; Queenstown Div.; Junction Farm, Galpin, 8250!EASTERN REGION Natal; Durban, Krauss, 264! Pinetown, Burtt-Davy, 2387! Maritzburg, Sim, 2162! and without precise locality, Gerrard, 1183!KALAHARI REGION Transvaal; Houtbosch (Woodbush), Rehmann, 6487! 6489! Hutchins! Magoobas Kloof, Houtboschberg Range, Burtt-Davy, 2595! 5240! Shewass Bush, Legat, 17! Tzaneen Estate, Zoutpansberg Range, Burtt-Davy, 5241! Medinjen Mission Station, Burtt-Davy, 5242! Target Valley, Barberton, Thorncroft, 6616! Barberton district, Burtt-Davy, 5243! Crocodile River Valley, Burtt-Davy, 7648! Swaziland; Em Babaan, Burtt-Davy, 2828! 2887! 2890!