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Ficus cyathistipula Warb. [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 nyanzensis Hutch. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew 1915: 327 (1915). Type from Uganda.
Ficus rhynchocarpa Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 235 (1911). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 234 (1984).
Ficus callescens Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1001 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 234 (1984).
Ficus cyathistipula Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb.20: 173 (1894). —Hutch. in F.T.A.6, 2: 153 (1916). —Lebrun & Boutique in F.C.B.1: 172 (1948). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 32, fig. 6H (1962). —C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 246, t. 89 (1985). —C.C. Berg in Kew Bull.43: 82 (1988); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 83 (1989); in Kirkia13: 271 (1990). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 236 (1984).
Information
Tree up to 8(15) m. tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic. Leafy twigs 3–5 mm. thick, glabrous or white-puberulous, periderm sometimes flaking off when dry. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblanceolate to obovate, 6–20 x 3–7 cm., coriaceous; apex acuminate; base cuneate to attenuate; margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 5–7(8) pairs, tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 1.5–4 cm. long, c. 3 mm. thick, epidermis not flaking off when dry; stipules partly connate, 15–25 mm. long, minutely white-puberulous or almost glabrous, persistent. Figs 1(3) in the leaf axils; peduncle 5–25 mm. long; basal bracts c. 4 mm. long, persistent. Receptacle globose to obovoid (usually on stipes up to 10 mm. long) or pyriform, 3–5 cm. in diam. when fresh, 2–3 cm. in diam. when dry, often somewhat scabrous, pale-green to pale-yellow at maturity; wall up to 8 mm. thick and spongy, 2–5 mm. thick when dry, smooth, verrucose or sometimes with protuberances up to 3 mm. long, apex up to 10 mm. when dry.
Habitat
Riverine forest or swamp forest (mushitu), often on rocks or river banks or lake shores
Range
from the Ivory Coast through to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and to N. Angola
Altitude range
1000–1800 m.
1800
1000
Distribution
Zambia W Kabompo R., near Kabompo Boma, 6.x.1950, Angus 614 (BM; FHO; K).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., c. 22 km. E. of Mzuzu, Manchire Falls, 19.vii.1969, Pawek 2573 (K).Zambia N Kundabwika Falls on Kalungwishi River, W. of Mporokoso, 14.iv.1961, Phipps & Vesey-FitzGerald 3161 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).
Notes
Ficus cyathistipula subsp. pringsheimiana (Braun & K. Schum.) C.C. Berg, with sessile figs, occurs in Cameroon.
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 nyanzensis Hutch. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew 1915: 327 (1915). Type from Uganda.
Ficus rhynchocarpa Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 235 (1911). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 234 (1984).
Ficus callescens Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1001 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 234 (1984).
Ficus cyathistipula Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb.20: 173 (1894). —Hutch. in F.T.A.6, 2: 153 (1916). —Lebrun & Boutique in F.C.B.1: 172 (1948). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 32, fig. 6H (1962). —C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 246, t. 89 (1985). —C.C. Berg in Kew Bull.43: 82 (1988); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 83 (1989); in Kirkia13: 271 (1990). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 236 (1984).
Information
Tree up to 8(15) m. tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic. Leafy twigs 3–5 mm. thick, glabrous or white-puberulous, periderm sometimes flaking off when dry. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblanceolate to obovate, 6–20 x 3–7 cm., coriaceous; apex acuminate; base cuneate to attenuate; margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 5–7(8) pairs, tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 1.5–4 cm. long, c. 3 mm. thick, epidermis not flaking off when dry; stipules partly connate, 15–25 mm. long, minutely white-puberulous or almost glabrous, persistent. Figs 1(3) in the leaf axils; peduncle 5–25 mm. long; basal bracts c. 4 mm. long, persistent. Receptacle globose to obovoid (usually on stipes up to 10 mm. long) or pyriform, 3–5 cm. in diam. when fresh, 2–3 cm. in diam. when dry, often somewhat scabrous, pale-green to pale-yellow at maturity; wall up to 8 mm. thick and spongy, 2–5 mm. thick when dry, smooth, verrucose or sometimes with protuberances up to 3 mm. long, apex up to 10 mm. when dry.
Habitat
Riverine forest or swamp forest (mushitu), often on rocks or river banks or lake shores
Range
from the Ivory Coast through to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and to N. Angola
Altitude range
1000–1800 m.
1800
1000
Distribution
Zambia W Kabompo R., near Kabompo Boma, 6.x.1950, Angus 614 (BM; FHO; K).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., c. 22 km. E. of Mzuzu, Manchire Falls, 19.vii.1969, Pawek 2573 (K).Zambia N Kundabwika Falls on Kalungwishi River, W. of Mporokoso, 14.iv.1961, Phipps & Vesey-FitzGerald 3161 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).
Notes
Ficus cyathistipula subsp. pringsheimiana (Braun & K. Schum.) C.C. Berg, with sessile figs, occurs in Cameroon.
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 nyanzensis Hutch. [family MORACEAE], in Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew 1915: 327 (1915). Type from Uganda.
Ficus rhynchocarpa Mildbr. & Burret [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 235 (1911). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 234 (1984).
Ficus callescens Hiern [family MORACEAE], Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, 4: 1001 (1900). Lectotype from Angola, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 234 (1984).
Ficus cyathistipula Warb. [family MORACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb.20: 173 (1894). —Hutch. in F.T.A.6, 2: 153 (1916). —Lebrun & Boutique in F.C.B.1: 172 (1948). —F. White, F.F.N.R.: 32, fig. 6H (1962). —C.C. Berg et al. in Fl. Cameroun 28: 246, t. 89 (1985). —C.C. Berg in Kew Bull.43: 82 (1988); in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 83 (1989); in Kirkia13: 271 (1990). Lectotype from Tanzania, chosen by Berg in Fl. Gabon 26: 236 (1984).
Information
Tree up to 8(15) m. tall, terrestrial or hemi-epiphytic. Leafy twigs 3–5 mm. thick, glabrous or white-puberulous, periderm sometimes flaking off when dry. Leaves spirally arranged; lamina oblanceolate to obovate, 6–20 x 3–7 cm., coriaceous; apex acuminate; base cuneate to attenuate; margin entire; both surfaces glabrous; lateral veins 5–7(8) pairs, tertiary venation reticulate; petiole 1.5–4 cm. long, c. 3 mm. thick, epidermis not flaking off when dry; stipules partly connate, 15–25 mm. long, minutely white-puberulous or almost glabrous, persistent. Figs 1(3) in the leaf axils; peduncle 5–25 mm. long; basal bracts c. 4 mm. long, persistent. Receptacle globose to obovoid (usually on stipes up to 10 mm. long) or pyriform, 3–5 cm. in diam. when fresh, 2–3 cm. in diam. when dry, often somewhat scabrous, pale-green to pale-yellow at maturity; wall up to 8 mm. thick and spongy, 2–5 mm. thick when dry, smooth, verrucose or sometimes with protuberances up to 3 mm. long, apex up to 10 mm. when dry.
Habitat
Riverine forest or swamp forest (mushitu), often on rocks or river banks or lake shores
Range
from the Ivory Coast through to Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania and to N. Angola
Altitude range
1000–1800 m.
1800
1000
Distribution
Zambia W Kabompo R., near Kabompo Boma, 6.x.1950, Angus 614 (BM; FHO; K).Malawi N Nkhata Bay Distr., c. 22 km. E. of Mzuzu, Manchire Falls, 19.vii.1969, Pawek 2573 (K).Zambia N Kundabwika Falls on Kalungwishi River, W. of Mporokoso, 14.iv.1961, Phipps & Vesey-FitzGerald 3161 (K; LISC; PRE; SRGH).
Notes
Ficus cyathistipula subsp. pringsheimiana (Braun & K. Schum.) C.C. Berg, with sessile figs, occurs in Cameroon.
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