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Sycamore Fig
Gewone trosvy · Ficus sycomorus
A giant of Kruger's riverbanks, fruiting for much of the year. Its figs feed a huge range of birds, monkeys and other animals.
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Massive spreading riverine tree with smooth yellowish bark and a fluted trunk. Clusters of round figs grow directly on the trunk and main branches. Almost always found along rivers.
Flowers & fruit
Fruits much of the year (flowers are hidden inside the figs)
Browsed by
Figs eaten by baboons, vervet monkeys, bushbabies, green pigeons, hornbills and many other birds; fallen figs by impala, warthog, bushpig and nyala.
Where to see it in Kruger
Along the major rivers and streams — the Sabie, Olifants, Luvuvhu, Letaba and Crocodile — on riverbanks and alluvial soils.
Did you know
Each fig species is pollinated by its own tiny wasp — the sycamore fig depends entirely on one wasp species to reproduce, and that wasp depends on the fig.
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