Ficus abutilifolia
| Large-leaved rock fig | |
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| File:Ficus abutilifolia, habitus, Roodekrans.jpg | |
| In Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Subgenus: | F. subg. Urostigma |
| Species: | F. abutilifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq.
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Ficus abutilifolia, the large-leaved rock fig,[1] is a species of African rock-splitting[3] fig that occurs in two disjunct regions, one population north, and another south of the equator. The two populations are pollinated by different fig wasps, and are morphologically distinct.[4] It is named for the similarity of its broadly ovate leaves to that of Abutilon.[3] It is virtually restricted to cliff faces and rock outcrops, and is easily recognized from its large, glabrous leaves and smooth, pale bark.
Species associations
[edit | edit source]Nigeriella fusciceps Wiebes is the pollinating wasp for the northern population, and Elisabethiella comptoni Wiebes pollinates the southern population.[3][4] Philocaenus rotundus is an associated but non-pollinating wasp.[4]
Gallery
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Foliage of a southern specimen
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Foliage of a northern specimen
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Fig arrangement
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Bark texture
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Roots on granite, Kruger National Park
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Branches and roots, Magaliesberg
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References
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External links
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