Ficus lutea

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 lutea

Name[edit]

Ficus lutea Vahl, 1805

Synonyms[edit]

Heterotypic
- Ficus akaie De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 198 (1914)
- Ficus apodocephala Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 21: 445 (1885)
- Ficus arimensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 48: 330 (1921 publ. 1922)
- Ficus baronii Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 262 (1883)
- Ficus cabrae Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 9 (1904)
- Ficus holstii Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 160 (1894)
- Ficus incognita De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 213 (1914)
- Ficus kaba De Wild. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 213 (1914)
- Ficus lanigera Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 162 (1894)
- Ficus nautarum Baker in Fl. Mauritius: 285 (1877)
- Ficus nekbudu Warb. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 6, 1: 6 (1904)
- Ficus neumannii Cels ex K.Koch & C.D.Bouché in Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1846: 14 (1847)
- Ficus pachyclada Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 345 (1890), nom. illeg.
- Ficus pseudovogelii A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 135: 443 (1904)
- Ficus quibeba Welw. ex Ficalho in Pl. Ut. Afr. Portug.: 270 (1884)
- Ficus senegalensis Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 230 (1867)
- Ficus subcalcarata Warb. & Schweinf in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 155 (1894)
- Ficus subcalcarata var. vestitobracteata (Warb.) Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 238 (1911)
- Ficus trichosphaera Baker in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 261 (1883)
- Ficus utilis Sim in Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 100 (1909)
- Ficus verrucocarpa Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 294 (1901)
- Ficus vestitobracteata Warb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 159 (1894)
- Ficus vogelii (Miq.) Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 288 (1867)
- Ficus vogelii var. pubicarpa Mildbr. & Burret in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 238 (1911)
- Urostigma luteum Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 554 (1847)
- Urostigma neumannii (Cels ex K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 534 (1847)
- Urostigma vogelii Miq. in London J. Bot. 6: 553 (1847)

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
- Regional:Mascareñas
  - Aldabra, Comoros, Seychelles
- Regional:Western Africa
  - Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
- Regional:Central Africa
  - Burkina, Central African Repu, Chad, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Rwanda, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Regional:Eastern Africa
  - Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique
- Regional:Western indian Ocean
  - Madagascar, Somalia, Tanzania
- Introduced into:
  - Chagos Archipelago, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago

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

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Vahl, M. 1805. Enumeratio plantarum, vel ab aliis, vel ab ipso observatum, cum earum differentiis specificis, synonymis selectis et descriptionibus succinctis. Vol. II. XVI+423 pp. Typis N. Mölleri & filii, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2:185.

Additional references[edit]

Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. 2008. Plants of Angola / Plantas de Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1–279. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. ISBN 978-1-919976-45-7. PDF. Reference page.
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[edit]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Ficus lutea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 March 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Ficus lutea. Published online. Accessed: March 20 2024.
Hassler, M. 2024. Ficus lutea. 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 20. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Ficus lutea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 March 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ficus lutea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names[edit]

Afrikaans: Reuseblaarvy
Deutsch: Zulufeige
English: Giant-leaved fig, Kaffir fig, Lagos rubber tree
Xitsonga: aMphayi
isiXhosa: umThombe
isiZulu: umVubu-omkulu, umPhayi, umTombetombe

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