Ficus abutilifolia Miq. Miq. [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 abutilifolia Miq. Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. 3: 288 (1867). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 191 (1916). —Keay in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1: 609 (1958). —C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 162, t. 54 (1985). —C.C. Berg in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 67 (1989); in Kirkia 13: 264 (1990). —van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot. 56, 6: 610, fig. 10 (1990). Type from Ethiopia, lectotype chosen by Berg in Fl. Cameroun 28: 164 (1958).
Ficus picta Sim [family MORACEAE], For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 99, t. 94B (1909). Type: Mozambique, Miluane, Sim 6302 (K, holotype).
Ficus soldanella Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Viert. Nat. Ges. Zürich 51: 136 (1906). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 176 (1916); in F.C. 5, 2: 533 (1925). —K. Coates Palgrave, Trees Southern Africa: 114 (1977). Type from S. Africa.
Urostigma abutilifolium Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook., Lond. Journ. Bot. 6: 551 (1847); in Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 3, 1: 133, t. 3 (1849). Types from Ethiopia and S. Africa.
Information
Tree up to 15 m. tall, terrestrial, often (hemi-)epilithic. Leafy twigs 6–15 mm. thick, glabrous or yellowish to whitish-tomentose or puberulous, periderm often flaking off when dry. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina cordate to broadly ovate or subreniform, 6–19 x 5–20 cm., subcoriaceous; apex shortly acuminate to subacute or obtuse to rounded; base cordate; margin entire; superior surface glabrous or with sparse hairs on the main veins, inferior surface puberulous to subtomentellous, sometimes indumentum only in the axils of the lateral veins, occasionally glabrous; lateral veins 7–9 pairs, the basal pair branched, ending at the margin at or above the middle of the lamina, tertiary venation partly scalariform; petiole 2–10(18) cm. long, 2–4 mm. thick, epidermis not flaking off; stipules 5–20 mm. long, puberulous or glabrous, caducous. Figs in pairs, or sometimes up to 4 together, in the leaf axils or just below the leaves, pedunculate or subsessile; peduncle 3–15 mm. long; basal bracts (2)2.5–3.5 mm. long, persistent, free parts occasionally caducous, leaving a collar-like rim. Receptacle subglobose, obovoid or ellipsoid, 12–20 mm. in diam. when fresh, 5–15 mm. in diam. when dry, sparsely, minutely puberulous, reddish or yellow at maturity.
Habitat
Rocky hillsides, rocky outcrops, banks of seasonally dry rivers, on granite, banded ironstone or sandstone
Range
from Guinea to Ethiopia and the Somali Rep., and disjunctly through Tanzania to S. Africa (Natal).
Altitude range
0–1100 m.
1100
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Distribution
Mozambique T Rio Mucangadzi, do 5 km. do barragem, proximo do posto Policial No. 3, Estrada nova para Meroeira Cahora Bassa, 30.i.1973, Torre, Carvalho & Ladeira 18935 (LISC).Malawi S Lake Malawi, Boadzulu Island, 14.iii.1955, Exell, Mendonça & Wild 883 (BM; LISC).Zimbabwe S Beitbridge Distr., Shashi R., c. 11 km. downstream from Tuli Police Camp, 3.v.1959, Drummond 6076 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge Distr., Chisumbanje Area, Remayi, 1.ii.1975, Pope, Biegel & Russell 1509 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Hwange Distr., Deka R., 26.xii.1952, Lovemore 349 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Charter Distr., Manesi Range, 15.i.1962, Wild 5584 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zambia S Siavonga-Lusaka road, near Njami Hill, 17.xi.1982, Berg & Bingham 1377 (K).Zambia E Lutembwe R. Gorge, East of Machinje Hills, 13.x.1958, Robson 97 (BM; K; PRE).Mozambique N Erati, entre Nampula e Nacaroa, 30.x.1942, Mendonça 1141 (EA; K; LISC; PRE).Malawi C Salima Distr., Lake Malawi, Namalenje Island in Senga Bay, 2 km. from Grand Beach Hotel, 21.iii.1977, Grosvenor & Renz 1292 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Mazowe Distr., Chiweshe T.T.L., 27.xi.1969, Orpen in GHS 199255 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zambia C Luangwa Distr., Luangwa (Feira), 5.xii.1968, Fanshawe 10460 (K; NDO).Botswana SE Gaborone, 28.viii.1974, Mott 337 (K; SRGH; UBLS).Mozambique M Maputo near Swaziland border, between Goba and Stegi, 2.vii.1948, Dyer 5054 (K; PRE).Mozambique MS Manica, Chimoio a 19 km. de Manica, 24.xi.1965, Torre & Correia 13226 (LISC; LMA).Mozambique Z Alto Molocue, Gilé, ao 10 km. Monte Gilé, 21.xii.1967, Torre & Correia 16679 (LISC).
Notes
The leaves of F. abutilifolia resemble those of F. tettensis but are larger (up to 17 x 18 cm. as opposed to 12 x 12 cm.) and are nearly glabrous.
Ficus abutilifolia Miq. Miq. [family MORACEAE]
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