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Lowveld fig
Laeveldvy · Ficus stuhlmannii
A tough lowveld fig that often starts life wrapped around a host tree or rock outcrop. Its stiff leathery leaves and rock-hugging habit help tell it from the bigger river figs.
Log your Lowveld fig sighting — free →How to identify it
A small to medium fig with stiff, thick-textured leaves, often seen gripping rocks or growing as a strangler around another tree. Small figs (about 15 mm) sit on the branches and ripen yellowish-green with reddish spots.
Flowers & fruit
Figs mainly in the warmer summer months.
Browsed by
The figs are eaten by fruit-eating birds, monkeys, baboons and bats.
Where to see it in Kruger
Rocky outcrops, koppies and well-drained lowveld woodland, sometimes as a strangler on other trees.
Did you know
It frequently begins as a strangler, germinating in a crack or on another tree and slowly enclosing its host as it grows.
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