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| Family : MORACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 1: 1059 (1753) |
| Information on the genus : Ficus |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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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 sycomorus L. subsp. sycomorus |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ficus integrifolia Sim (1909) |
| =Ficus scabra Sim (1909) |
| =Ficus trachyphylla Fenzl (1844) |
| =Ficus cocculifolia Baker (1886) |
| =Sycomorus antiquorum Gasp. (1845) |
| =Sycomorus rigida Miq. |
| =Ficus sycomorus subsp. gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C.Berg |
| =Ficus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) Steud. ex Miq. (1848) |
| =Sycomorus gnaphalocarpa Miq. (1848) |
| =Ficus damarensis Engl. (1888) |
| =Sycomorus trachyphylla Miq. (1848) |
| =Ficus comorensis Warb. (1894) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Ficus sycomorus L. subsp. sycomorus |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree to 20-30 m tall, 30 m wide, deciduous or evergreen; trunk short, thick to 3,5 m Ø, old trees with buttresses; branches wide-spreading; leafy twigs densely minutely puberulous and with much longer white-yellowish hairs especially on the nodes[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Forest edges; lakesides; riverine; into drier country where seasonal water collects; sandy, deep soils; termite mounds; wooded savanna on alluvium; wooded thickets; evergreen bushland; clearings; “coffee forest". |
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0-2200 m alt. Sometimes cultivated in Egypt, Middle East, and elsewhere. Nearly every part of the tree finds economic uses.[…] |
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Cape Verde Isl.; Namibia, Caprivi Strip, S. Africa, Botswana; Madagascar, Comoro Isl.; Yemen. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Tree; Dry, Humid, Subarid, Subhumid; Forest, Freshwater Wetland; 0-499 m, 500-999 m, 1000-1499 m; distribution: Comoros, Africa, |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 3: 465 (2002).
- SAHKI, A. & R.SAHKI (2004). Le Hoggar, promenade botanique Esope Eds. [p.50]
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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 Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°166620 modified 2010-10-27 |
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