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| Family : MORACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Treculia |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Treculia africana Decne. var. africana |
| Treculia africana Decne. subsp. africana |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Ficus whytei Stapf |
| =Ficus welwitschii auct. |
| =Treculia affona N.E. Br. (1894) |
| =Treculia dewevrei De Wild. & T. Durand (1899) |
| =Treculia centralis A. Chev. (1913) |
| =Treculia erinacea A. Chev. (1913) |
| =Artocarpus africana Sim (1909) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Treculia africana Decne. var. africana |
| Treculia africana Decne. subsp. africana |
| Treculia africana var. inversa Okafor |
| Treculia africana var. mollis (Engl.) J. Léonard |
| Treculia africana subsp. madagascarica (N.E. Br.) C.C. Berg (1977) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Dioecious or sometimes monoecious tree 25-36-50 m tall and 10-15 m wide; bole fluted and somewhat twisted, bare below up to 2/3 of its height, ordinarily buttressed, and loosely branched above, terminated by leaf-tufts[?] |
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| Ecology : |
Evergreen (or sometimes deciduous?) tree in humid to primary forest; preferring riveroides, or regionally almost confined to such; also on rocks in riverbeds; swamp forests; secondary forests; regionally abundant to rare[?] |
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0-1300 m alt. Widely cultivated near villages,mainly for its fruits, but also latex and roots used. The seeds, rich in protein and oil, serve as low cost meat substitutes, and there is recent increased interest in the plant |
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Principe, São Tomé; Madagascar [subsp. madagascarica (N. E. Br.) C. C. Berg with 3 vars.]. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°177539 modified 2007-04-02 |
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