Ficus sagittifolia
Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret
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Description
A fig. It is a shrub. It starts as a strangler fig and can become a tree. It can grow attached to other plants especially oil palm. It can become a tree 10 m high.
Edible Uses
The bark is eaten.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in closed forest in West Africa. It grows in lowland rainforest.
Where It Grows
Africa, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, West Africa,
Cultivation
The pollinator wasp is Agaon cicatriferens cicatriferens Wiebes.
Also Known As
Gongo, Noncom, Tim
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4. Kew.
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 189
- www.figweb.org
