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Ficus sur (Cape fig)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Cape fig or Broom cluster fig (Ficus sur) is a widespread Afrotropical species of cauliflorous fig. This fast-growing, deciduous or evergreen tree usually reaches 5 to 12 m, but may attain a height of 35 m to 40 m. Large specimens develop a massive spreading crown, fluted trunks and buttress roots. In cooler climes it is coastal, but they may be found at up to 2,500 m altitude. The heavily clustered figs suggest fecundity, and some trees in East Africa have been venerated as sacred shrines in animist practices. Over its extensive range it is variable with respect to leaf shape, texture of the leaves and figs, deciduousness and overall size.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  260 lbf (118 kgf) Very Soft
Specific Gravity [1]  0.37

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Ceratosolen capensis[5]
Ceratosolen flabellatus[8]
Ceratosolen silvestrianus[8]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ceratosolen flabellatus[5]
Sycophaga cyclostigma[5]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 4Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata, Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, and Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Ecology, in press.
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 6The diet of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda, NICHOLAS E. NEWTON-FISHER, Afr. J. Ecol. 1999, Volume 37, pages 344–354
♦ 7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 8Active Pollination of Ficus Sur by Two Sympatric Fig Wasp Species in West Africa, Carole Kerdelhué, Michael E. Hochberg and Jean-Yves Rasplus, BIOTROPICA 29(1): 69-75 (1997)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0