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Common cluster fig
Besemtrosvy · Ficus sur
A big riverine fig you will spot along streams and drainage lines. The fruit hangs in trailing bunches on the trunk itself, which makes it easy to name once you know the trick.
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Large spreading fig with a pale grey trunk, usually near water. Look for dense clusters of round figs growing straight off the trunk and older branches (cauliflory), not out among the leaves.
Flowers & fruit
Produces figs in flushes at various times of year, often more than one crop annually.
Browsed by
Figs are eaten by green pigeons, barbets, hornbills, fruit bats, vervet monkeys, baboons and bushpig; leaves are browsed by kudu and elephant.
Where to see it in Kruger
Along rivers, streams and moist drainage lines throughout the park, favouring deep soils near water.
Did you know
The figs grow in cascading clusters directly on the trunk and old branches rather than among the leaves, and the tree can carry several crops a year, turning it into a wildlife magnet whenever it fruits.
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