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. |