FICUS GLUMOSA
Author:
Alire Raffeneau Delile, 1826
Family:
MORACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Delile. (1826). In: Cent. Pl. Morée 63.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
3 Metres
Height:
10 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Ficus sonderi Miq. 1867.
Ficus congensis Engl.
Ficus montana T. R. Sim.
Ficus rehmanii Warb.
Urostigma glumosum, Miq.
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Ficus barbata, Warb.
Ficus durandiana, Warb.
Ficus fazokelensis, Miq.
Ficus glumosoides, Hutch.
Ficus gombariensis, De Wild.
Ficus kitaba, De Wild.
Ficus rubicunda, Miq.
Ficus rukwaensis, Warb.
Sycomorus hirsuta, Sond.
Urostigma fazokelense, Miq.
Urostigma glumosum, Miq.
Urostigma rubicundum, Miq.
This member of the Moraceae family was given this name by Alire Raffeneau Delile in 1826. It if found in most of Africa, growing in grit or other well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to three meters in diameter and reach a height of teen meters. The caudex disappears by time, but a massive cluster of roots make up an impressive replacement.
The genera name originates from the old Latin name for Ficus carica which was from the Persian word fica.
The species name means 'bearing glumes', referring to the prominent stipules, which enclose the leaf bud.
Flower
Green
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium - Maximum
