FICUS THONNINGII
Author:
Carl Ludwig von Blume, 1837
Family:
MORACEAE
Origin:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Elevation:
Publisher:
Blume. (1839). In: Rumphia 2: 18.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
2 Metres
Height:
6-21 Metres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
Synonyms:
Many, see below....
This member of the Moraceae family was given this name by Carl Ludwig von Blume in 1837. It is found in the Tropical Africa, all the way down to South Africa. It can grow in most kind of soil with quite some water and lots of sun. It might start out as an epiphyte. The stem can grow to two metres in diameter, the entire plant to 21 metres in height. The flowers are green.
The genera name originates from the old Latin name for Ficus carica which was from the Persian word fica. The specific epithet is in honour of Danish plant collector Peter Thonning,1775-1848. A large tree - or two by Malcolm and Amanda, Flickr.com. As so many other epiphytic figs, it form a nice caudex at first. Photo from Uhlig-kakteen.de. The stem of a big tree by JMK, Tropical.theferns.info.
Flower
Green
Soil
Anything
Water
Maximum
Sun
Maximum
