Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus vogeliana

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus vogeliana is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown; it can grow 5 - 20 metres tall, exceptionally to 30 metres. The bole can be unbranched for up to twothirds of its height and 30 - 90cm in diameter; with buttresses or root-spurs extending tortuously for a long distance[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes cultivated in west Africa as a fibre crop[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. A special cultivar 'Bofuain Banzo' is grown for this purpose[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Central African Republic and Uganda, south to northern Angola and DR Congo.

HabitatSecondary forest; evergreen forest in moist, swampy or periodically flooded sites (e.g. stream banks); riparian in rain-forest; often planted; at elevations from sea level to 1,200 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].