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Knobbly fig
	The nominate race in the Kruger Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Species:	F. sansibarica
Binomial name
	Ficus sansibarica; Warb. 1894
Synonyms
	F. langenburgii Warb.; F. ugandensis Hutch.; F. zanzibarica Boeck. ex Engl.;

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The Knobbly fig (Ficus sansibarica) is an African species of cauliflorous fig. It occurs in tropics and subtropics from coastal elevations to 900 m above sea level.^[1] They prefer deep sandy soil and often start life as a strangler.^[2] The figs are produced in clusters on characteristic wart-like, leafless branchlets on the trunk and main branches.^[2] F. chirindensis of the forests of southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique is similar, but has the leaves more oval and may have buttress roots.

Races

Ficus sansibarica (nom.) – East Africa: southern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland
F. s. macrosperma (Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret) C.C.Berg – West and Central Africa

References

^ Van Noort; et al. "Ficus sansibarica sansibarica Warburg 1894". Figweb. iziko museums. Retrieved 7 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)
^ ^a ^b Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (1997). Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik. p. 78. ISBN 1-86825-922-6. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help)

[iziko-1] Van Noort; et al. "Ficus sansibarica sansibarica Warburg 1894". Figweb. iziko museums. Retrieved 7 January 2012. {{cite web}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)

[vw-2] Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (1997). Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik. p. 78. ISBN 1-86825-922-6. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |first= (help)

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 |name = Knobbly fig
 |image = Ficus sansibarica, c, Olifants.jpg
-|image_caption = In the [[Kruger National Park|Kruger Park]], South Africa
+|image_caption = The nominate race in the [[Kruger National Park|Kruger Park]]
 |regnum = [[Plantae]]
 |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
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 |binomial_authority = [[Otto Warburg (botanist)|Warb.]] 1894
 |synonyms =
+* ''F. langenburgii'' <small>Warb.</small>
+* ''F. ugandensis'' <small>Hutch.</small>
+* ''F. zanzibarica'' <small>Boeck. ex Engl.</small>
 }}
-The '''Knobbly fig''' (''Ficus sansibarica'') is an African species of [[cauliflory|cauliflorous]] [[Ficus|fig]]. It occurs in south-eastern Africa from coastal elevations to 900 m above sea level.<ref name=iziko>{{cite web |last=Van Noort, et al |title= ''Ficus sansibarica sansibarica'' Warburg 1894 |url=http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Galoglychia/Subsection_Caulocarpae/Ficus_sansibarica_sansibarica.htm |work=Figweb |publisher=iziko museums |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> They prefer deep sandy soil and often start life as a strangler.<ref name=vw>{{cite book|last=Van Wyk |first=Braam et al|title=Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa |year=1997 |publisher=Struik |location=Cape Town |isbn=1-86825-922-6 |page=78 }}</ref> The figs are produced in clusters on characteristic wart-like, leafless branchlets on the trunk and main branches.<ref name=vw/> ''[[Ficus chirindensis|F. chirindensis]]'' of southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique is a similar tree, but has the leaves more oval and may have [[buttress root]]s.
+The '''Knobbly fig''' (''Ficus sansibarica'') is an African species of [[cauliflory|cauliflorous]] [[Ficus|fig]]. It occurs in tropics and subtropics from coastal elevations to 900 m above sea level.<ref name=iziko>{{cite web |last=Van Noort, et al |title= ''Ficus sansibarica sansibarica'' Warburg 1894 |url=http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Galoglychia/Subsection_Caulocarpae/Ficus_sansibarica_sansibarica.htm |work=Figweb |publisher=iziko museums |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> They prefer deep sandy soil and often start life as a strangler.<ref name=vw>{{cite book|last=Van Wyk |first=Braam et al|title=Field Guide to the Trees of Southern Africa |year=1997 |publisher=Struik |location=Cape Town |isbn=1-86825-922-6 |page=78 }}</ref> The figs are produced in clusters on characteristic wart-like, leafless branchlets on the trunk and main branches.<ref name=vw/> ''[[Ficus chirindensis|F. chirindensis]]'' of the forests of southeastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique is similar, but has the leaves more oval and may have [[buttress root]]s.
+==Races==
+* ''Ficus sansibarica'' (nom.) – East Africa: southern Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland
+* ''F. s. macrosperma'' <small>(Warb. ex Mildbr. & Burret) C.C.Berg</small> – West and Central Africa
 ==References==