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Identification
Ficus pretoriae Burtt Davy [family MORACEAE ]
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Entry for Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia Vahl 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 pretoriae Burtt Davy [family MORACEAE], in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 2: 365 (1912). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 116 (1916); in F.C. 5, 2: 528 (1925). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 32 (1962). Types from S. Africa.
Ficus salicifolia var. australis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Vien. Nat. Ges. Zürich 51: 139 (1906). Type from S. Africa.
Urostigma salicifolium Vahl Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 556 (1847). Type from Yemen.
Ficus salicifolia Vahl [family MORACEAE], in Symb. Bot. 1: 82, t. 23 (1790). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 115 (1916). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa: 112, with photograph (1977). Type from Yemen.
Ficus indica [family MORACEAE], sensu Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 179 (1775) non L. (1753).
Ficus religiosa [family MORACEAE], sensu Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 170 (1775) non L. (1753).
Ficus cordata subsp. salicifolia Vahl C.C. Berg [family MORACEAE], in Kew Bull. 43: 82 (1988); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 63 (1989); in Kirkia13: 260 (1990). —van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot. 56, 6: 607, fig. 6 (1990). TAB.19. Type from Yemen.
Information
Leafy twigs usually minutely puberulous. Leaf lamina subovate to oblong or lanceolate, sometimes ovate or elliptic, 2–17 x 1–5.5 cm.; apex acute to ± acuminate (rounded); base rounded to cordate or obtuse (cuneate); petiole 0.5–4(6.5) cm. long; stipules 0.5–1.5 cm. long, glabrous or ciliolate. Figs on peduncles up to 3 mm. long, sometimes subsessile.
Habitat
Woodland, often amongst rocks and on rocky outcrops, ironstone, limestone, sandstone and granite
Range
Subsp. lecardii (Warb.) C.C. Berg occurs in W. Africa from Senegal through N. Cameroons to the Central African Republic.
Altitude range
2700 m.
2700
2700
Distribution
Mozambique M Junto a ponte de Goba, 16.xi.1940, Torre 2060 (LISC).Zimbabwe S Beitbridge Distr., Shashi-Limpopo confluence, 12.v.1959, Drummond 6120 (COI; K; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, West base Murahwa's Hill, 17.ii.1969, Chase 8525 (LISC; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare Distr., Norton, by Munyame (Hunyani) R., 4.i.1948, Wild 2271 (K).Zimbabwe W Matobo Distr., Farm Besna Kobila, iii.1957, Miller 4209 (K; SRGH).Zambia E Petauke, Great East Road, c. 130 km. (Mile 81) from Chipata (Fort Jameson) to Lusaka, 24.v.1952, White 2875 (FHO; K; NDO).Mozambique T Mágoè para Chicoa, morro à esquerda, 25.ii.1970, Torre & Correia 18093 (K; LISC; LMA; LMU).Malawi S Mangochi, 17.ix.1929, Burtt Davy 21755 (FHO).Zimbabwe N Makonde Distr., Whindale Farm, near Mhangura (Mangula), 1.ix.1963, Jacobsen 2194 (PRE).Zambia C Mumbwa, 31.v.1961, Fanshawe 6634 (K).Botswana SE Kanye, fr. 6.vii.1980, Woollard 761 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Chad
Algeria
Egypt
W. Saudi Arabia
NW. Uganda
NE. Zaire
S. Africa (Natal and Transvaal).
Notes
It differs from subsp. cordata in having figs mostly pedunculate and twigs often glabrous, and from subsp. salicifolia in having broader leaves and petioles which usually dry dark brown to blackish.

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