Moraceae FAMILY

Ficus variifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ficus variifolia can be a shrub or a tree with a spreading crown; it can grow from 10 - 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for threequarters of its height; it is around 100cm in diameter and has stout, plank buttresses[ 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 sometimes harvested from the wild as a local source of wood and fibre. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland and in Tanzania it is commonly used to provide shade and grave marks[ 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 - Guinea to southern Sudan, south to northern Angola, DR Congo and Tanzania.

HabitatPioneer of cleared areas; forest gallery; northern edges of half-deciduous forests; grass savannah; drier types of closed forest; clayey soil in rain-forest; old secondary forest; at elevations from 300 - 1,200 metres[ 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. ].