... the stem and the branches, helping to defend the tree. Ficus bubu may be identified by its thorns and varying bark ... forward-pointing spikes on the branches and stem. Ficus bubu is indigenous to tropical and southern Africa, ... dry tropical forests. In the southern African region, Ficus bubu  grows in high rainfall woodland, low altitude ...

... quartzitic sandstone, limestone and banded ironstone. Ficus cordata shares its habitat in Namaqualand with F. ... sandstone, dolomite, limestone and banded ironstone. Ficus cordata is frost sensitive, and in higher lying areas ... be seen along the rocky gorge at Augrabies Falls, where Ficus cordata is not uncommon. These lizards also play a role ...

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2016 Ficus glumosa displays the interesting characteristic of ... expresses itself as a semi-deciduous tree in arid areas. Ficus glumosa can easily grow up to 15 m high; the crown is ... (August to March). It has been recorded that the fruits of Ficus glumosa trees in northern Namibia are much smaller, ...

... Pretoria Marie Jordaan National Herbarium November 2005 Ficus ingens is an evergreen tree with a briefly deciduous ... tree usually throughout the year but peaking in summer. Ficus ingens grows in various habitats but usually outside ... nowhere else but inside figs. Hundreds of tiny flowers of Ficus line the inside of the fig or central cavity where they ...

Kirstenbosch NBG Ficus A large evergreen tree with a massive, heavily ... in Kirstenbosch was planted by Cecil Rhodes in 1898. The Ficus Avenue is just north of the Camphor Avenue , between ... seed because their pollinating agent, a wasp, is absent. Ficus macrophylla Pers. Ficus macrophylla ...

... stem or branches in summer, from September to February. Ficus polita subsp. polita occurs at an altitude of ... tree it was growing on dies off, as growth is accelerated. Ficus polita subsp . polita is dependent on a specific wasp, ... and monkeys, which assist in the dispersal of the seed. Ficus It is an attractive tree with glossy leaves and a ...

... Mtsweni Lowveld National Botanical Garden October 2009 Ficus sansibarica is a large tree with a spreading crown, up ... to the fruit, create a magnificent mini-ecosystem. Ficus It is rarely cultivated because of the enormous crop of ... crown and bears enormous fruiting spurs along the stem. Ficus sansibarica Warb. 47 Ficus sansibarica On Inhaca ...

... Pretoria June 2019 All photographs by Geoff Nichols Ficus sycomorus subsp . sycomorus   is a semi-deciduous ... bushpigs, warthogs, baboons, monkeys and bushbabies. Ficus This tree can be cultivated from cuttings or ... near to houses, walls, sewer lines etc. The genus name Ficus is the classical Latin name for the cultivated fig and ...

... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden April 2006   Ficus trichopoda  may grow as either a medium-sized tree or ... flattened top and bottom than the common domestic fig, Ficus carica . The seeds are contained within the fig. It is ... and snakes, making the swamp fig a centre of activity. Ficus trichopoda is host to Acrocerops ficina, one of the ...