Taxon:
Ficus sycomorus L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1059. 1753
Verified:
03/06/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
- http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
mulberry fig – pharoah fig – sycamore fig – sycomore – Arabic
gemmeiz – French
figuier d'Adam – figuier d'Egypte – figuier sycomore – German
Eselsfeige – Sykomore – Spanish
higuera loca – sicomoro – Swedish
sykomorfikon –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Cabo Verde | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | n. |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Gambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Guinea-Bissau | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Western Indian Ocean | Madagascar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Oman | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Saudi Arabia | | w. & s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana (n.), Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
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ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Oman, Saudi Arabia (w. & s.), Yemen
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
fruit (fide L Edible Pl; Dict Econ Pl) – Materials
wood (fide Dict Econ Pl; Trees Nigeria) –