Ficus sansibarica

Knobbly Fig, a reference photo
Photo: Karen Wiebe · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The Ficus sansibarica, known as knobbly fig, is an African species of cauliflorous fig. It is named after Zanzibar, where Franz Stuhlmann discovered it in 1889. They often begin life as epiphytes, which assume a strangling habit as they develop. They regularly reach 10 m, but may grow up to 40 m tall as forest stranglers.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Knobbly Fig being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Rosales
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
Ficus sansibarica

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