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Ficus platyphylla Del. [family MORACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 2, page 17, (1916) Author: (By J. HUTCHINSON AND A. B. Rendle)
Names
Ficus platyphylla Del. [family MORACEAE], Cent. Pl. Méroé, 62. —Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 212.
Ficus kotschyana Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288; T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile Journ. Append. 647; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 149.
Ficus lateralis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 5.
Ficus umbrosa Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], l.c., name only.
Urostigma kotschyanum Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 553, and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 27, t. iv. B.
Information
A large tree with smooth light brown bark; branchlets very stout, minutely puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or slightly pandurate, rather deeply cordate at the base, rounded at the apex, 5 1/2–10 in. long, 3 1/2–8 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous above, very minutely puberulous below, 5–9-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 8–9 on each side, bifurcate some distance from the margin, looped, diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 75°, flat but distinct above, prominent below; tertiary nerves parallel, fairly close, spreading from the lateral nerves at right angles, rather slender; veins very fine and close, visible only on the lower surface; midrib flat above, very prominent below, about 2 lin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed to and bifurcate near the apex of the leaf; petiole 3–5 in. long, 1 1/2–3 lin. thick, shortly and softly pubescent; stipules deciduous, coriaceous, triangular, 4 lin. long, about 3 lin. broad, softly tomentose outside. Receptacles axillary, 2–3 together, pedunculate, subglobose, about 5 lin. in diam., densely pilose or glabrous and then often warted; peduncle 1/2– 3/4 in. long, densely pubescent; basal bracts 2, connate at the base, ovate, about 1 1/4 lin. long, membranous towards the margin, puberulous. Ostiolar bracts all descending, linear, obtuse, 1 1/4–1 3/4 lin. long, 1/3 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous. Male flowers few, near the ostiole, with a very short thick stalk; perianth membranous, enclosing the solitary sessile stamen. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate. Female flowers shortly stalked; perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 1/2 lin. long, membranous, glabrous; ovary obovoid, 3/4 lin. long, glabrous; style lateral, inserted between the middle and the top of the ovary; stigma rather thick, oblong.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land Meroe, Cailliaud.Sudan Nile Land Kordofan; Jebel Ghulfan, Broun, 1317! Bahr el Ghazal, Chaltin ! Sennar: Fazokl, Kotschy, 527! Mount Tira, Kotschy, 407! Dinka: near Tekk, Schweinfurth, 1309! Sobat River, near Amot, Muriel, 102! Jur :Ghattas' Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1288! 1328! 2124! 138! Mittu: Kaffulukku, on the Gulu River, Schweinfurth, 2811!Uganda Nile Land Madi, Speke & Grant, 636! expedition to the source of the White Nile, without further locality, D'Arnauld! Sabatier !Senegambia Upper Guinea forests of Bafing River, Lécard, 191! between Mopti and Djenne, Chevalier !Gambia Upper Guinea banks of the Gambia River near Sukuta Village, Denton !Gold Coast Upper Guinea Shai Plains; Agomeda, Johnson, 522!Togo Upper Guinea Kete Kratschi, Zech, 340! 342! Sokode, Kersting, 25! Basari, Kersting, 417! Kirikiri, Kersting, 54!Nigeria Upper Guinea Katagum district, Dalziel, 214! Bornu, Vogel, 73! Yoruba, Dudgeon, 65! and without precise locality, Yates, 8!Cameroons Upper Guinea Adamaua; Garua, Ledermann, 3282! Dodo, Ledermann, 2914!
Notes
Rubber is obtained from this species on the West Coast.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 2, page 17, (1916) Author: (By J. HUTCHINSON AND A. B. Rendle)
Names
Ficus platyphylla Del. [family MORACEAE], Cent. Pl. Méroé, 62. —Mildbr. & Burret in Engl. Jahrb. xlvi. 212.
Ficus kotschyana Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 288; T. Thoms. in Speke, Nile Journ. Append. 647; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 149.
Ficus lateralis Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Warb. & De Wild. Fic. Fl. Congo, 5.
Ficus umbrosa Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], l.c., name only.
Urostigma kotschyanum Miq. [family MORACEAE], in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. vi. 553, and Afr. Vijge-Boom. 27, t. iv. B.
Information
A large tree with smooth light brown bark; branchlets very stout, minutely puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic or slightly pandurate, rather deeply cordate at the base, rounded at the apex, 5 1/2–10 in. long, 3 1/2–8 in. broad, entire, rigidly chartaceous, glabrous above, very minutely puberulous below, 5–9-nerved at the base, remaining lateral nerves 8–9 on each side, bifurcate some distance from the margin, looped, diverging from the midrib at an angle of about 75°, flat but distinct above, prominent below; tertiary nerves parallel, fairly close, spreading from the lateral nerves at right angles, rather slender; veins very fine and close, visible only on the lower surface; midrib flat above, very prominent below, about 2 lin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed to and bifurcate near the apex of the leaf; petiole 3–5 in. long, 1 1/2–3 lin. thick, shortly and softly pubescent; stipules deciduous, coriaceous, triangular, 4 lin. long, about 3 lin. broad, softly tomentose outside. Receptacles axillary, 2–3 together, pedunculate, subglobose, about 5 lin. in diam., densely pilose or glabrous and then often warted; peduncle 1/2– 3/4 in. long, densely pubescent; basal bracts 2, connate at the base, ovate, about 1 1/4 lin. long, membranous towards the margin, puberulous. Ostiolar bracts all descending, linear, obtuse, 1 1/4–1 3/4 lin. long, 1/3 lin. broad, membranous, glabrous. Male flowers few, near the ostiole, with a very short thick stalk; perianth membranous, enclosing the solitary sessile stamen. Gall flowers numerous, pedicellate. Female flowers shortly stalked; perianth-segments ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 1/2 lin. long, membranous, glabrous; ovary obovoid, 3/4 lin. long, glabrous; style lateral, inserted between the middle and the top of the ovary; stigma rather thick, oblong.
Distribution
Nubia Nile Land Meroe, Cailliaud.Sudan Nile Land Kordofan; Jebel Ghulfan, Broun, 1317! Bahr el Ghazal, Chaltin ! Sennar: Fazokl, Kotschy, 527! Mount Tira, Kotschy, 407! Dinka: near Tekk, Schweinfurth, 1309! Sobat River, near Amot, Muriel, 102! Jur :Ghattas' Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1288! 1328! 2124! 138! Mittu: Kaffulukku, on the Gulu River, Schweinfurth, 2811!Uganda Nile Land Madi, Speke & Grant, 636! expedition to the source of the White Nile, without further locality, D'Arnauld! Sabatier !Senegambia Upper Guinea forests of Bafing River, Lécard, 191! between Mopti and Djenne, Chevalier !Gambia Upper Guinea banks of the Gambia River near Sukuta Village, Denton !Gold Coast Upper Guinea Shai Plains; Agomeda, Johnson, 522!Togo Upper Guinea Kete Kratschi, Zech, 340! 342! Sokode, Kersting, 25! Basari, Kersting, 417! Kirikiri, Kersting, 54!Nigeria Upper Guinea Katagum district, Dalziel, 214! Bornu, Vogel, 73! Yoruba, Dudgeon, 65! and without precise locality, Yates, 8!Cameroons Upper Guinea Adamaua; Garua, Ledermann, 3282! Dodo, Ledermann, 2914!
Notes
Rubber is obtained from this species on the West Coast.
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