Ficus cordata cordata
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Full name: | Ficus cordata Thunb. subsp. cordata |
| Location: | Naukluft (2416AC) |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Namakwavy, Haartvy, Melkboom, Melkhoutboom |
| English common name(s): | Namaqua rock-fig, Namaqua fig |
| Synonym(s): | Ficus cordata Thunb. var. fleckii Warb. Ficus cordata Thunb. var. marlothii Warb. Ficus cordata Thunb. var. tristis (Kunth & Bouché) Warb. Ficus rupium Dinter Ficus tristis Kunth & Bouché Ficus welwitschii Warb. Ficus welwitschii Warb. var. beroensis Hiern |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Leafy twigs usually densely puberulous to pubescent. Leaf lamina cordiform to ovate or elliptic, (2)4–9 x (1)2–4.5 cm; apex acuminate to subcaudate; base cordate to truncate or rounded (cuneate); petiole 1–2(6) cm long; stipules 0.2–1 cm long, up to 5 cm long on new flush, usually puberulous to pubescent. Figs usually sessile. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Photographer: | AA Dreyer |
| Date of photograph: | 20 Dec 2015 |
| Camera make: | Canon |
| Camera model: | EOS 7D Mark II |
| Lens aperture: | f/9.0 |
| Shutter speed: | 1/500 s |
| ISO speed: | 1000 |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
