Ficus natalensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rosales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Rosales

Familia: Moraceae
Tribus: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus
Species: Ficus natalensis
Subspecies: F. n. subsp. graniticola – F. n. subsp. leprieurii – F. n. subsp. natalensis

Name

Ficus natalensis Hochst., 1845

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
- Regional:Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Burkina, Burundi, Central African Repu, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional:Eastern Africa
  - Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania
- Regional:Southern Africa
  - KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland
- Introduced into:
  - Trinidad-Tobago

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Hochst., 184. Flora, oder (Allgemeine) Botanischer Zeitung. Regensberg, Jena 28:88.

Additional references

Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) 2003. Plants of Southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: i–vi, 1–1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 1-919795-99-5. ARK: /t50g8869c PDF (97 MB) Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus natalensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 22. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus natalensis. Published online. Accessed: March 22 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus natalensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 22. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus natalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 March 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus natalensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Natalvy, Natalse wildevy, Kuswurgvy
Deutsch: Natal-Feige
English: Natal fig, Bark-cloth fig, Sweetheart tree (subsp. leprieurii), Triangular-leaved fig (subsp. leprieurii)
français: Figuier de Natal
Luganda: Mutuma
Nederlands: Swietiboontje
Kiswahili: Mlumba, Mlandege (Zanzibar)
isiZulu: umThombe