Ficus glumosa

The mountain fig (Ficus glumosa) is an Afrotropical fig shrub or tree, growing up to 20 m tall. It is found over a range of altitudes and broken terrain types, including kopjes, outcrops, escarpments and lava flows,[2] or in woodlands. It is for the greater part absent from the tropical rainforest zone, or the dry interior regions of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

Mountain fig
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. glumosa
Binomial name
Ficus glumosa
Synonyms
  • F. barbata Warb.
  • F. durandiana Warb.
  • F. glumosoides Hutch.
  • F. gombariensis De Wild.
  • F. kitaba De Wild.
  • F. montana Sim
  • F. rehmannii Warb.
  • F. rubicunda (Miq.) Miq.
  • F. rukwaensis Warb.
  • F. sonderi Miq.[1]

Identification

Bark is cream coloured with the branchlets densely covered with yellow brown hairs. Leaves are elliptical 20- 100mm in size with small veins raised on the underside of the leaf. Figs are 8 to 15mm diameter, hairy and red when ripe. The fruit is much favoured by birds, bats, antelope, monkey and baboons.[3]

Spirally arranged leaves


References
  1. "Ficus glumosa Delile, Synonyms". ThePlantList. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  2. "Ficus glumosa Delile". African Plant Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. Van Wyk, Braam, 1952- (1997). Field guide to trees of Southern Africa. Van Wyk, Piet, 1931-2006. Cape Town: Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd. ISBN 1-86825-922-6. OCLC 38154166.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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