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| Family : MORACEAE |
| Protologue : Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 (1867) |
| Information on the genus : Ficus |
| Basionym : Urostigma ingens Miq. |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. var. ingens |
| Urostigma ingens Miq. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ficus ingens var. tristis Warb. |
| =Ficus caffra var. sambesiaca Warb. |
| =Ficus caffra var. longipes Warb. |
| =Ficus caffra var. pubicarpa Warb. |
| =Ficus caffra var. natalensis Warb. |
| =Ficus caffra Miq. |
| =Ficus ingentoides Hutch. |
| =Ficus katagumica Hutch. |
| =Ficus kawuri Hutch. |
| =*Ficus lutea auct. |
| =Ficus ovato-cordata De Wild. |
| =Ficus pondoensis Warb. |
| =Ficus schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich. (1850) |
| =Ficus stuhlmannii var. glabrifolia Warb. |
| =Ficus baguirmensis Warb. |
| =Ficus xanthophylla (Miq.) Martelli |
| =Urostigma xanthophyllum Miq. |
| =Urostigma caffrum Miq. |
| =Urostigma xanthophyllum var. ovato-cordatum Sond. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq. var. ingens |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 10-18 m tall and to 30 m wide with ordinarily short bole to 40 cm Ř and more, with a rounded or spreading, dense crown;aerial roots few root suckers evident in rock-splitter specimens;bole faintly buttressed or strongly fluted in very old trees[…] |
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| Ecology : |
Loudetia arundinacea grassland with scattered trees, e.g. Terminalia laxiflora, T. brownei, Pterocarpus lucens, Combretum collinum Vitex doniana on rocky outcrop;wooded savannas;most often on lava flows, coral and limestone in drier or exposed areas[…] |
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Variable in size, shape and indumentum of leaves, in indumentum of fruit. |
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Can be confused with broadleaved forms of F. cordata subsp. salicifolia.
The name F. lutea is often used for F. ingens. |
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Algeria, Hoggar, Tefedest: oued Ahor, 3 specimens (Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 47: 133, 1956 sub nom. F. sp.; oued In Delai = In Deleď, Fl. Afr. Nord 7: 190, 1961, single specimen); Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Oman; Botswana, Namibia, S. Africa, Swaziland. |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- QUÉZEL, P. & S. SINTÈS (1959). Les Nyctaginacées d'Afrique du Nord et du Sahara. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 50: [241]
- COLLENOT, A., DUBUIS A. & L. FAUREL (1960). Note sur la flore du Tassili N’Ajjer. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 51: [233-254]
- MAIRE, R. (1961). FLORE DE L'AFRIQUE DU NORD. Lechevalier éd., Paris, [p.190]
 - QUÉZEL, P. & S. SANTA (1962). NOUVELLE FLORE DE L'ALGÉRIE et des régions désertiques méridionales. vol. [1] CNRS., Paris. [p.275]
- BERHAUT, J. (1967). Flore du Sénégal (éd. 2). éd. Clairafrique. Dakar. 485p. [p.228]
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, 622p. [p.537]
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore du Sahara. (ed. 2). Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS.), Paris, 622p. [p.191]
- GREUTER, W., M. BURDET & G.LONG (1989). MED-CHECKLIST. [vol. 4] Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève. [p.242]
- SAHKI, A. & R.SAHKI (2004). Le Hoggar, promenade botanique Esope Eds. [p.44]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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