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Ficus trichopoda

Fruits of F. trichopoda.Copyright Geoff Nichols
Common names: swamp fig, hippo fig (Eng.); moerasvy (Afr.); umvubu (isiZulu); alufubu (Xitsonga)
Family: Moraceae

... 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 ...

17 / 04 / 2006 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Ficus sycomorus subsp sycomorus 

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

... 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 ...

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

Fruits and tbark of Ficus sur
Common names: broom cluster fig (Eng.); besem-trosvy (Afr.); mogo-tshetlo (North Sotho); umkhiwane (Xhosa); umkhiwane (Zulu)
Family: Moraceae

... 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 ...

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

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

... 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 ...

19 / 10 / 2009 | Patrick Mtsweni | Lowveld NBG
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Ficus salicifolia

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

... : 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 ...

13 / 04 / 2020 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ficus polita subsp. polita

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

... 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 ...

21 / 12 / 2015 | Hannelie Snyman | Compton Herbarium
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Ficus muelleriana

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

... 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 ...

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

Glossy leaves with yellow veins
Common names: giant-leaved fig (Eng.); reuseblaarvy (Afr.); umvubu, omkhulu (Zulu); umthombe, uluzi (Xhosa)
Family: Moraceae

... 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 ...

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

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

... 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 ...

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

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

... 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 ...

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

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

... 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, ...

07 / 11 / 2016 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ficus craterostoma

80 year old Ficus craterostoma in Kirstenbosch.
Common names: forest fig, forest strangler-fig, blunt-leaved forest fig, bastard Natal fig (Eng.); bosvy, wurgvy, stomblaarbosvy, bostouboom, basternatalvy (Afr.);
Family: Moraceae

... 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 ...

11 / 09 / 2017 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ficus cordata

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

... 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 ...

12 / 11 / 2018 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ficus burtt-davyi

Ficus burtt-davyi. Image Geoff Nichols
Common names: scrambling fig, Burtt Davy’s fig, veld fig (Engl.); veldvy, rankvy, veldwildevy (Afr.); umthombe, uluzi (isiZulu); uluzi, umdendekwana (isiXhosa)
Family: Moraceae

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 ...

28 / 09 / 2015 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW
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Ficus abutilifolia

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

... 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 ...

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