Ficus tesselata
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Wood ashes - salt
Wood ashes are processed for salt production.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests along rivers. It grows up to 1,900 m above sea level.
Africa, Benin, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A fig. It is a large climbing shrub that grows attached to other plants. It can grow 8 m tall. The leaves are oblong and 10-22 cm long by 4-8 cm wide.
How to Grow
The pollinator wasp is Agaon taiense Wiebes.
Names & Synonyms
Ficus camptoneuroides Hutch.Ficus winkleri Mildbr. & Burret
References (3)
- Busson, 1965,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 151
- www.figweb.org
