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Ficus pygmaea Welw. ex Hiern [family MORACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

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 brevicula Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1009 (1900). Type from Angola. Ficus pygmaea Welw. ex Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1009 (1900). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 106 (1916). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 29 (1962). —C.C. Berg in Kirkia 13: 255 (1990). —van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot. 56, 6: 601, fig. 2 (1990). TAB. 17. Type from Angola.
Information
Shrub up to 1.5(4) m. tall. Leafy twigs 1.5–4 mm. thick, hirtellous to puberulous. Leaves spiral to distichous, alternate; lamina oblong to elliptic or subovate to lanceolate, or sublinear, 1–13.5 x 0.5–6 cm., somewhat asymmetrical, chartaceous, apex acute sometimes obtuse, occasionally tridentate, base cuneate rounded or subcordate, margin remotely serrate to deeply and irregularly lobed, sometimes subentire; rough on both surfaces, scabrous and hispidulous above, hirtellous to pubescent below; lateral veins (3)5–9 pairs; petiole 1–8(12) mm. long, 0.5–2 mm. thick; stipules 2–6 mm. long, puberulous, caducous, or subpersistent. Figs solitary, axillary; peduncle 5–20 mm. long; bracts 1–3, small, scattered over the peduncle, sometimes whorled; receptacle subpyriform to ellipsoid or subglobose ,up to 3 cm. in diam. when fresh, (0.5) 1–1.5 cm. in diam. when dry, hispidulous, yellow, pink, red or purple at maturity.
Habitat
Flood plains and moist sandy soil near rivers and streams often forming thickets
Distribution
Zambia S Katambora, riverside, 20.i.1956, Gilges 568 (K; PRE).Zambia W Mwinilunga, W. of Kalene Hill Mission, 22.ix.1952, White 3326 (BM; FHO; PRE).Zambia N Mansa to Kawambwa, “Mile 52”, 29.x.1952, White 3521 (BM; COI; FHO).Zambia B Ngonye (Gonye) Falls, Zambezi R., 27.vii.1952, Codd 7208 (K; PRE; SRGH).Botswana N Ngamiland, Okavango R., near Sepopa, 6.v.1975, Müller & Biegel 2324 (K; PRE).Caprivi Strip Singalambwe, c. 1100 m., 31.xii.1958, Killick & Leistner 3213 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Namibia Angola
Notes
This species in confined almost entirely to the Kalahari Sands, with little or no overlap with the area of F. capreifolia.

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

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 brevicula Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1009 (1900). Type from Angola. Ficus pygmaea Welw. ex Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1009 (1900). —Hutch. in F.T.A. 6, 2: 106 (1916). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 29 (1962). —C.C. Berg in Kirkia 13: 255 (1990). —van Greuning in S. Afr. J. Bot. 56, 6: 601, fig. 2 (1990). TAB. 17. Type from Angola.
Information
Shrub up to 1.5(4) m. tall. Leafy twigs 1.5–4 mm. thick, hirtellous to puberulous. Leaves spiral to distichous, alternate; lamina oblong to elliptic or subovate to lanceolate, or sublinear, 1–13.5 x 0.5–6 cm., somewhat asymmetrical, chartaceous, apex acute sometimes obtuse, occasionally tridentate, base cuneate rounded or subcordate, margin remotely serrate to deeply and irregularly lobed, sometimes subentire; rough on both surfaces, scabrous and hispidulous above, hirtellous to pubescent below; lateral veins (3)5–9 pairs; petiole 1–8(12) mm. long, 0.5–2 mm. thick; stipules 2–6 mm. long, puberulous, caducous, or subpersistent. Figs solitary, axillary; peduncle 5–20 mm. long; bracts 1–3, small, scattered over the peduncle, sometimes whorled; receptacle subpyriform to ellipsoid or subglobose ,up to 3 cm. in diam. when fresh, (0.5) 1–1.5 cm. in diam. when dry, hispidulous, yellow, pink, red or purple at maturity.
Habitat
Flood plains and moist sandy soil near rivers and streams often forming thickets
Distribution
Zambia S Katambora, riverside, 20.i.1956, Gilges 568 (K; PRE).Zambia W Mwinilunga, W. of Kalene Hill Mission, 22.ix.1952, White 3326 (BM; FHO; PRE).Zambia N Mansa to Kawambwa, “Mile 52”, 29.x.1952, White 3521 (BM; COI; FHO).Zambia B Ngonye (Gonye) Falls, Zambezi R., 27.vii.1952, Codd 7208 (K; PRE; SRGH).Botswana N Ngamiland, Okavango R., near Sepopa, 6.v.1975, Müller & Biegel 2324 (K; PRE).Caprivi Strip Singalambwe, c. 1100 m., 31.xii.1958, Killick & Leistner 3213 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Namibia Angola
Notes
This species in confined almost entirely to the Kalahari Sands, with little or no overlap with the area of F. capreifolia.
Ficus pygmaea Welw. ex Hiern [family MORACEAE]
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