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Ficus natalensis
leprieurii
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Lusaka, grown from seed collected from Luapula.
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| Description: | A tree or shrub, sometimes lianescent. Leaves glabrous, thin-leathery, often subopposite, obovate to narrowly obtriangular, the apex obtuse, to truncate to emarginate, the base cuneate to obtuse, margin entire. Figs 5-10 mm. in diameter when dry. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Senegal to D.R. Congo and northern Angola. | |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. | |
| Insects associated with this species: | Alfonsiella fimbriata (Pollinated by this insect) | |
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| Literature: |
Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 66 - 68. Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Page 186. (Includes a picture). |
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