Ficus bubu
Warb.
Swazi fig, Bubu fig
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(c) Rosemary Harrison, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in dry lowland forest. It also grows on rocky stream banks. In Malawi it grows from 50-1,300 m altitude.
Africa, Benin, Central Africa, Central African Republic, Congo DR, Congo R, Côte d'Ivoire, East Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Togo, Uganda, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
How to Identify
A fig tree. It grows 30 m high. The trunk is straight. The roots often grow over rocks. It can grow attached to other plants. The bark is smooth and greenish-yellow. The leaf stalk is 4-11 cm long. The leaves are 12-30 cm long by 6-23 cm wide. The figs are borne in pairs on lumps on the trunk. They are 3-4 cm across.
How to Grow
The pollinating wasp is Courtella michaloudi (Wiebes). Plants can be grown from large cuttings.
Names & Synonyms
Sulphur-barked fig, Ubtfombi
