Ficus craterostoma
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Ficus craterostoma | |
|---|---|
 | |
| In Pretoria, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Subgenus: | F. subg. Urostigma |
| Species: | F. craterostoma |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus craterostoma | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Ficus craterostoma, a species of strangler fig, is a fig shrub or tree of the Afrotropics that may grow up to 20 m tall.[2] It is found in lowland tropical and swamp forests in the west, or in afromontane forests, including rocky situations, along Africa's eastern escarpments. The western and eastern populations may constitute separate species, as they occur at different altitudes where their ranges meet in central Africa, while they seem to have exclusive pollinating wasp species.[3]
Spray with sessile, axillary figs on the terminal branchlets
Sessile, axillary figs
Their dark, small leaves are obovate to blunt-tipped (reverse triangular) or even concave at the tip.[4] The leaves of F. natalensis are similar, though more rounded and never concave at the tip.[5]
