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Photo by
Romana Kočišovás.


Photo by Philippe Birnbaum in Mali.


The fruits by Michel Chauvet, Uses.plantnet-project.org.

Author: Alire Raffeneau Delile, 1826
Family:  MORACEAE
Origin:  Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,  Ivory Coast,  Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mali, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome et Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaďre, Zimbabwe
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium - Maximum
Sun:  Medium - Maximum
Thickness:  3 Metres
Height:  10 Metres
Flower:  Green
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  Mountain Fig, Rock Fig
Synonyms:  Ficus sonderi Miq. 1867.
Ficus congensis
Engl.
Ficus montana
T. R. Sim.
Ficus rehmanii
Warb.
Urostigma glumosum,
Miq.
Ficus barbata, Warb.
Ficus durandiana,
Warb.
Ficus fazokelensis,
Miq.
Ficus glumosoides,
Hutch.
Ficus gombariensis,
De Wild.
Ficus kitaba,
De Wild.
Ficus rubicunda,
Miq.
Ficus rukwaensis,
Warb.
Sycomorus hirsuta,
Sond.
Urostigma fazokelense,
Miq.
Urostigma glumosum,
Miq.
Urostigma rubicundum,
Miq.

This member of the Moraceae family was given this name by Alire Raffeneau Delile in 1826. It if found in most of Africa, growing in grit or other well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to three meters in diameter and reach a height of teen meters. The caudex disappears by time, but a massive cluster of roots make up an impressive replacement.

The genera name originates from the old Latin name for Ficus carica which was from the Persian word fica. The species name means 'bearing glumes', referring to the prominent stipules, which enclose the leaf bud.