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Ficus macrophylla

Common names: Moreton Bay Fig, Australian banyan (Eng.); Australiaanse baniaan, queenslandsevy (Afr.)

Family: Moraceae

12 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus tettensis

Common names: small-leaved rock fig (Eng.), kleinblaarrotsvy, klipvy (Afr.), tshikululu (Tshivenda), ibozane, ibozane umkulu, inkiwanyane, umkululu, umpayamputsane

Family: Moraceae

05 / 05 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus bubu

Common names: bubu fig, sulphur-barked fig, Swazi fig (Eng.); bubuvy, Swazi-vy (Afr.); intfombi (Siswati)

Family: Moraceae

... natural and cultivated settings. Ficus bubu belongs to the Moraceae, a family that plays an important role in tropical ...

17 / 02 / 2025 | Anelisa Nomaqhiza | Kirstenbosch NBG

Maclura africana

Common names: African Osage-orange, thorny mulberry (Eng.); Afrikasoetlemoen (Afr.); mupulumbu (Tshivenda); pumbula (Tsonga);

Family: Moraceae

... a warm room or greenhouse. Maclura africana belongs to the Moraceae family. It is commonly known as the mulberry and fig ...

31 / 07 / 2023 | Mpho Mathalauga | Pretoria NBG

Ficus salicifolia

Common names: Wonderboom fig (Eng.); wonderboomvy (Afr.); isisantu (isiZulu); umkhiwane, indhlaleni (siSwati); motlhatsa (setswana); mohlatssa, mohlatsiso, monokane

Family: Moraceae

... thus ‘willow-leafed’. The genus belongs to the large Moraceae family, which represents 37 genera and ± 1 100 ...

13 / 04 / 2020 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus sycomorus subsp sycomorus

Common names: sycamore fig, common cluster fig, mulberry fig (Eng.); trosvy, geelrriviervy, geelstamvy, gewone trosvy, wildevyeboom, sycomorusvy (Afr.); umkhiwa (Nd

Family: Moraceae

03 / 06 / 2019 | Cathbert Makgakga | National Herbarium Pretoria

Ficus ilicina

Common names: laurel fig, natarra fig (Eng.); louriervy, natarravy (Afr.); natarra (Nama)

Family: Moraceae

... within 2–3 weeks. Ficus belongs to the mulberry family, Moraceae, a large family mainly confined to the tropics and ...

03 / 12 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus cordata

Common names: Namaqua rock fig, Namaqua fig (Eng.); namakwarotsvy, namakwavy, melkboom (Afr.)

Family: Moraceae

... parts of the world. It belongs to the mulberry family, Moraceae, which includes 37 genera and about 1 180 species ... Ficus (Latin name for fig) is the largest genus within the Moraceae family. It is one of 26 indigenous fig species in ...

12 / 11 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus muelleriana

Common names: wandering rock-fig, Chimanimani rock-fig, Mueller’s climbing fig (Eng.); chimanimanirotsvy (Afr.)

Family: Moraceae

... stipules protecting the growing buds. Figs belongs to the Moraceae family. They are well represented in southern Africa ...

04 / 12 / 2017 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus craterostoma

Common names: forest fig, forest strangler-fig, blunt-leaved forest fig, bastard Natal fig (Eng.); bosvy, wurgvy, stomblaarbosvy, bostouboom, basternatalvy (Afr.);

Family: Moraceae

... of the figs. The genus Ficus is one of 37 genera in the Moraceae, a family whose members all have milky sap, leaves ...

11 / 09 / 2017 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus glumosa

Common names: hairy rock fig, mountain rock fig (Eng.); harige rotsvy, berg-rotsvy (Afr.); umthombe (Xhosa); inkokhokho, umdenda omnyama, umnyaxa (Zulu); inkiwane (

Family: Moraceae

... genus of about 1 180 species within the plant family Moraceae. It is distributed mostly in tropical and ...

07 / 11 / 2016 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus polita subsp. polita

Common names: heart-leaved fig, wild rubber fig, wild rubber tree (Eng.); hartblaarvy, wilderubbervy, rubberplant (Afr.); umkhiwane (siSwati.); umkhiwane, umphumel

Family: Moraceae

21 / 12 / 2015 | Hannelie Snyman | Compton Herbarium

Ficus burtt-davyi

Common names: scrambling fig, Burtt Davy’s fig, veld fig (Engl.); veldvy, rankvy, veldwildevy (Afr.); umthombe, uluzi (isiZulu); uluzi, umdendekwana (isiXhosa)

Family: Moraceae

28 / 09 / 2015 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Ficus sansibarica

Common names: Zanzibar fig, knobbly fig, wild fig (Eng.); knoppiesvy (Afr.); Inkokhokho (Swazi); Mohlapu (SN); Nhlampfu (TS); Mutamvu, Muuno, Muvumo, Mudzulatshinya

Family: Moraceae

19 / 10 / 2009 | Patrick Mtsweni | Lowveld NBG

Ficus abutilifolia

Common names: large-leaved rock fig, rock wild fig (Eng.); grootblaarrotsvy, klipvy (Afr.); inkokhokho, impayi, ubambematsheni (Zulu); momelantsweng (Tswana); tshik

Family: Moraceae

... to 48 of these. The genus belongs to the relatively large Moraceae family, comprising a total of 37 genera and roughly ... flowers and simple leaves. Notable members of the Moraceae include the well-known mulberry ( Morus alba ) and ...

18 / 12 / 2006 | Jan-Hakon Burring | Pretoria NBG

Ficus trichopoda

Fruits of F. trichopoda.Copyright Geoff Nichols

Common names: swamp fig, hippo fig (Eng.); moerasvy (Afr.); umvubu (isiZulu); alufubu (Xitsonga)

Family: Moraceae

17 / 04 / 2006 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Ficus ingens

Common names: red-leaved rock fig (Eng.); rooiblaarvy (Afr.); mohlatsa (North Sotho); motlhatsa (Tswana); tshikululu (Venda); umthombe (Xhosa); umgonswane (Zulu)

Family: Moraceae

... & Burrows 2003). The genus belongs to the relatively large Moraceae or fig and mulberry family. It comprises 37 genera ...

28 / 11 / 2005 | Marie Jordaan | National Herbarium Pretoria

Ficus lutea

Common names: giant-leaved fig (Eng.); reuseblaarvy (Afr.); umvubu, omkhulu (Zulu); umthombe, uluzi (Xhosa)

Family: Moraceae

... to 48 of these. The genus belongs to the relatively large Moraceae family, comprising a total of 37 genera and roughly ... flowers and simple leaves. Notable members of the Moraceae include the well-known mulberry ( Morus alba ) and ...

15 / 03 / 2004 | Jan-Hakon Burring | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ficus sur

Common names: broom cluster fig (Eng.); besem-trosvy (Afr.); mogo-tshetlo (North Sotho); umkhiwane (Xhosa); umkhiwane (Zulu)

Family: Moraceae

10 / 02 / 2003 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Treculia africana

Common names: African breadfruit, African breadnut, African boxwood, wild jackfruit (English), ukwa (Igbo), mwaya (Swahili)

Family: Moraceae

... are unknown but most plant species that belong to the Moraceae family are pollinated by small insects. The seeds ... are at risk of rotting. Treculia africana belongs to the Moraceae, known as the Mulberry or Fig family, a large and ...

| Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG

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