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Internal ID UUID64401ca82b026258677599
Scientific name Ficus sur
Authority Forssk.
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 180 (1775)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Sycomorus thonningiana Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 112 (1848)
Sycomorus riparia Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 114 (1848)
Sycomorus panifica Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 111 (1848)
Sycomorus guineensis Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 112 (1848)
Sycomorus capensis Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 113 (1848)
Ficus beniensis De Wild. Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(1): 278 (1921)
Ficus brassii R.Br. ex Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 448 (1824)
Ficus capensis Thunb. Ficus : 13 (1786)
Ficus clethrophylla Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1(4): 1017. 1900
Ficus erubescens Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 6, 1: 29 (1904)
Ficus gongoensis De Wild. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 196 (1913)
Ficus guineensis Stapf Liberia 2: 652 (1906)
Ficus ituriensis De Wild. Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 40(1): 281 (1921)
Ficus kondeensis Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 292 (1901)
Ficus lichtensteinii Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 451 (1822)
Ficus mallotocarpa Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 154 (1894)
Ficus munsae Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 6, 1: 29 (1904)
Ficus ostiolata De Wild. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 52: 220 (1914)
Ficus panifica Delile Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. , sér. 2, 20: 94 (1843)
Ficus plateiocarpa Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 292 (1901)
Ficus riparia Hochst. ex Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 114. 1848
Ficus stellulata var. glabrescens Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. VI, 1: 27 1904
Ficus thonningiana Miq. Niger Fl. : 522 (1849)
Ficus villosipes Warb. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 6, 1: 28 (1904)
Ficus capensis var. guineensis Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1018 1900
Ficus capensis var. trichoneura Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 153 1895

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Language Common/alternative name
Afrikaans besemtrosvy
dag kiŋkansaligu
Fulah rima becehi
Finnish punttiviikuna
Dutch kaapse wilde vijg
ts nkuwa
Chinese 南非榕

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Mali
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000690530
Tropicos 21300858
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853792-1
The Plant List kew-2812498
Open Tree Of Life 100098
NCBI Taxonomy 100575
IUCN Red List 146435594
IPNI 853792-1
iNaturalist 133182
GBIF 5569827
Freebase /m/0pcw90n
EPPO FIUSU
EOL 6958205
USDA GRIN 431792
Wikipedia Ficus_sur

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Traditional lore on the healing effects of therapeutic plants used by the local communities around Simien Mountains National Park, northwestern Ethiopia Seraw E, Melkamu Y, Masresha G J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11025143
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00678-9
PMID:38632559
Wetland vegetation composition and ecology of Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia Gojamme DU PLoS One 10-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11006174
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301795
PMID:38598506
Nutritional Composition and Antinutritional Factors of Five Wild Edible Fruits Grown in the Mekdela District, South of Wollo, Ethiopia Yiblet Y ScientificWorldJournal 11-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10954358
doi:10.1155/2024/9980936
PMID:38510569
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900619
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
PMID:38419092
Ethnobotanical study of wild edible plants in Dibatie district, Metekel zone, Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, western Ethiopia Anbessa B, Lulekal E, Getachew P, Hymete A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900549
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00671-2
PMID:38413982
How do plant demographic and ecological traits combined with social dynamics and human traits affect woody plant selection for medicinal uses in Benin (West Africa)? Ahoyo CC, Houéhanou TD, Yaoitcha AS, Akpi BP, Natta A, Houinato MR J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10854095
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00655-2
PMID:38336725
Updating Chimpanzee Nesting Data at Mount Assirik (Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal): Implications for Conservation Ndiaye YH, Ndiaye PI, Lindshield SM, Pruetz JD Animals (Basel) 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10886333
doi:10.3390/ani14040553
PMID:38396522
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya Maiyo ZC, Njeru SN, Toroitich FJ, Indieka SA, Obonyo MA Front Pharmacol 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10834697
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1328903
PMID:38313073
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local people in Habru District, North Wollo Zone, Ethiopia Alemu M, Asfaw Z, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Debella A, Sisay B, Debebe E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 04-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10768247
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00644-x
PMID:38178202
Medicinal Plants in Treating Hepatitis B Among Communities of Central Region of Ethiopia Beykaso G, Teklehaymanot T, Mulu A, Berhe N, Alemayehu DH, Giday M Hepat Med 29-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10759923
doi:10.2147/HMER.S440351
PMID:38170153
The impact of land cover change on the carbon stock of moist afromontane forests in the Majang Forest Biosphere Reserve Tadese S, Soromessa T, Aneseye AB, Gebeyehu G, Noszczyk T, Kindu M Carbon Balance Manag 07-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10702131
doi:10.1186/s13021-023-00243-z
PMID:38060048
Ecological determinants in plant community structure across dry afromontane forest patches of Northwestern Ethiopia Yinebeb M, Lulekal E, Bekele T BMC Ecol Evol 04-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10694892
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02176-0
PMID:38049737
Use of wild edible and nutraceutical plants in Raya-Azebo District of Tigray Region, northern Ethiopia Giday M, Teklehaymanot T Trop Med Health 24-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10594744
doi:10.1186/s41182-023-00550-8
PMID:37872596
Management strategies and floristic diversity in agroforestry practices of northwestern Ethiopia Tebkew M, Asfaw Z, Worku A Heliyon 21-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10632684
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20963
PMID:37954387
Floristic composition and plant community distribution along environmental gradients in Guard dry Afromontane forest of Northwestern Ethiopia Dagne Y, Birhanu L BMC Ecol Evol 28-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10463663
doi:10.1186/s12862-023-02154-6
PMID:37635212

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