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Taxon

Ficus sycomorus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 1059. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 128.jpg

Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 128.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 131.jpg

Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 131.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 130.jpg

Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 130.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 140.jpg

Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 140.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 129.jpg

Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 129.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 127.jpg

Ficus sycomorus--Tanzania. Hwy B1. Kifaru. 28 Jun 04. 127.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 46 botanical countries across Africa and Temperate Asia; introduced into Lebanon-Syria, Palestine (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 28, 2004

Location

Tanzania, Morogoro (Isongo)

-8.781944, 36.717222

Location Remarks

Hwy B1 Kifaru

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Moraceae

Genus

Ficus

Specific Epithet

sycomorus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.5

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#319,754 of 335,497

Top 96%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →