Moraceae
Ficus

Ficus pygmaea Welw. ex Hiern

First published in Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1009 (1900)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zambia to Caprivi Strip. It is a tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Moraceae, C. C. Berg. Flora Zambesiaca 9:6. 1991

Morphology General Habit
Shrub up to 1.5(4) m. tall.
Morphology Twigs
Leafy twigs 1.5–4 mm. thick, hirtellous to puberulous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves spiral to distichous, alternate; lamina oblong to elliptic or subovate to lanceolate, or sublinear, 1–13.5 x 0.5–6 cm., somewhat asymmetrical, chartaceous, apex acute sometimes obtuse, occasionally tridentate, base cuneate rounded or subcordate, margin remotely serrate to deeply and irregularly lobed, sometimes subentire; rough on both surfaces, scabrous and hispidulous above, hirtellous to pubescent below; lateral veins (3)5–9 pairs; petiole 1–8(12) mm. long, 0.5–2 mm. thick; stipules 2–6 mm. long, puberulous, caducous, or subpersistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Figs solitary, axillary; peduncle 5–20 mm. long; bracts 1–3, small, scattered over the peduncle, sometimes whorled; receptacle subpyriform to ellipsoid or subglobose ,up to 3 cm. in diam. when fresh, (0.5) 1–1.5 cm. in diam. when dry, hispidulous, yellow, pink, red or purple at maturity.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153929127/208450409

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Common Names

English
Dwarf fig

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Plants and People Africa

    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/