Fauna - Vertebrates

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Ficus stuhlmannii
leaves    tree   
Lowveld Fig
inkhokhokho

Moraceae   


As at April 2024, 6 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records, 31 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Ficus stuhlmannii - Large tree with thick trunk. Branches with long hairs when young, becoming hairless. Leaves well-spaced on stem, stalk up to c 3 cm long, blade oval, blunt at tip, usually slightly heart-shaped at base, shortly and densely hairy on both sides when mature, paler below, c 8 cm long X 4 cm wide, rather stiff. Figs singly or in pairs among leaves, very shortly stalked, spherical, e 1,5 cm diam, shortly silky-downy when mature.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.

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