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Ficus abutilifolia
... Burring Pretoria National Botanical Garden November 2006 Ficus abutilifolia is a small to medium-sized, deciduous to ... is unusual about fig fruits and their pollination on the Ficus trichopoda page. Ficus abutilifolia is a fairly distinct species but does ...
Ficus burtt-davyi
CREW Vathiswa Zikishe CREW Eastern Cape Node September 2015 Ficus burtt-davyi grows as a creeper, shrub or small tree, ... in inland forests and the drier Karoo region. Species of Ficus are perhaps best known for their relationship with ... usually have their own species of pollinating wasp; Ficus burtt-davyi for instance, is pollinated by a tiny wasp ...
Ficus cordata
... 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 ...
Ficus craterostoma
... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2017 Ficus craterostoma is a small to medium-sized, evergreen ... warty with reddish spots and ripen to yellowish red. Ficus craterostoma may be confused with F. natalensis (coast ... wild fig), but its figs are larger and are usually hairy. Ficus craterostoma grows in moist, evergreen forest, riverine ...
Ficus glumosa
... 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, ...
Ficus ilicina
... as granite, quartzitic sandstone, limestone and dolomite. Ficus ilicina shares its habitat in Namaqualand with Ficus cordata , the latter an erect, ascending tree with ... fig grows on granite, sandstone, dolomite and limestone. Ficus ilicina is frost sensitive, and in higher lying areas ...
Ficus ingens
... 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 ...
Ficus lutea
... Burring Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden March 2004 Ficus lutea is a large, briefly-deciduous tree, capable of ... smooth. Although exhibiting many distinctive characters, Ficus lutea can superficially resemble F. trichopoda (swamp ... a relationship referred to as obligate mutualism. Ficus This species can be grown successfully from both seed ...
Ficus muelleriana
... Can be at any time of the year, but more so in summer. Ficus muelleriana grows on quartzitic, mineral-deprived. ... , Zamiaculcas zamiifolia , Cryptostephanus vansonii and Ficus craterostoma . During the dry season, the lower leaves ... spring to autumn. Little is known about the pollination of Ficus muelleriana . The pollinators of figs are dwarf wasps ...
Ficus polita subsp. polita
... 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 ...
Ficus salicifolia
... : the author thanks Geoff Nichols for the images. Ficus salicifolia is a tree that grows up to ± 10 m high in ... a milky latex from the tree when injured, is common to the Ficus genus. The bark of the young branches appears smooth ... are borne along the branchlets, in summer, August to May. Ficus salicifolia is not endemic to South Africa, the ...
Ficus sansibarica
... 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 ...
Ficus sur
... Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden February 2003 Ficus sur is a large, fast-growing, evergreen tree, reaching ... and interesting features can be found in the genus Ficus : a riverine fig from Mozambique, F. cyathistipua , has ... tree, effectively distributing the species further afield. Ficus As with most figs it is inadvisable to plant the broom ...
Ficus sycomorus subsp sycomorus
... 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 ...
Ficus trichopoda
... 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 ...