Ficus bizanae Hutch. & Burtt Davy

Species

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Characteristics

Trees up to 18 m high; bark ash-grey; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic; base cuneate, apex acuminate; margin entire; glabrous; principal lateral veins 5-9 on either side of midvein, diverging at angles of 40-50o, basal pair prominent; 33-88 x 15-44 mm, 1.7-3 times as long as wide, 1.6-3 times as long as petiole; petiole 14-41 mm long. Syconia borne in fascicles on short, arrested branchlets arising from the trunk and main branches; 25-46 mm in diameter; peduncle 7-20 mm long; surface warty, glabrous or somewhat villous; ostiolar bracts descending into syconial cavity; basal bracts 2-3; yellowish-green when ripe. Male flowers dispersed among female flowers; tepals 3, free or fused at the base; 1 stamen per flower, with conspicuous apical outgrowth. Female flowers with 3 tepals, free or fused at the base.
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Tree, 15-18 m high, lithophytic or a strangler. Leaves held stiffly, leathery, elliptic to ovate, 65-110 x 37-68 mm, olive-green above, paler below, glabrous throughout, apex shortly acuminate to acute, base rounded to broadly cuneate, margins ± flat, basal pair of veins forming a ‘V’; petioles 15-65 mm. Syconia (figs) 1-3, borne on appressed spurs 10-40 mm long, set on older branches and stems, receptacle ellipsoid to obovoid, 35-45 x 30-35 mm, glabrous to subglabrous, yellowish green with slightly raised whitish dots, ostiole faintly raised, stalk 13-25 mm long.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 16.5 - 18.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 26
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Distribution

Ficus bizanae world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Ficus bizanae threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:583254-1
WFO ID wfo-0000687541
COL ID 6HW9B
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Synonyms

Ficus bizanae