Английская Википедия:Ficus polita

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Ficus polita, the heart-leaved fig, is a species of fig that is native to forests of tropical Africa,

Distribution

The tree is found in Lowland rainforest and gallery forest (west and central Africa), coastal & dry forest (east and southern African coast), and on Madagascar. It grows up to elevations of Шаблон:Convert.[1]

Description

Ficus polita is similar to the Pondoland fig, (Ficus bizanae), an endemic tropical forest species in South Africa. The leaves have entire margins and are often heart-shaped, with the tip acuminate.[2]

The figs are borne on old wood, in small clusters on stumpy branchlets.[2]

The pollinating wasp is Courtella bekiliensis bekiliensis (Risbec) in Madagascar, and Courtella bekiliensis bispinosa (Wiebes) on the African mainland.[1]

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References

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External links

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