Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus capreifolia

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The latex from the bark is recorded to be urticant (causing a rash)[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Sandpaper fig is an evergreen shrub, sometimes with a scrambling habit, or a tree that usually grows up to 7 metres tall, but exceptionally to 10 metres. The bole is up to 80cm in diameter. The plant often produces root suckers and can then form extensive colonies[ 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. , 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - widespread from Senegal to Ethiopia and Somalia, south to Namibia, Botswana and northern S. Africa.

HabitatRiver banks in savannah regions; gallery; cascade; scrub; locally common; floodplains; sand banks, swampy places; usually forming dense thickets or stands; often associated with Salix subserrata; at elevations from sea level to 2,600 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. ].