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Ficus laurifolia

Botanic Family

Moraceae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

• Dobu (Bambindjere)
• Tungalinga (Kisafwa)
• Kokauwe (Buddu)
• Masakumu (Mawambo)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Liberia
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Vietnam
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Forest to woodland.

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Shrub or tree sometimes lianescent, strangler. Glabrous leaves or finely puberulous beneath 260mm long x 135mm. Axillary paired or solitary receptacles with small pubescent coriaceous bracts. 80mm diameter figs in leaf axils surrounded by red bracts maturing maroon or brownish.

Bark used to make cloth, latex used on soles of feet

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• FOL
• Ichigawa