Heart-leaved fig (Ficus polita)

Heart-leaved fig, a reference photo — Photo: JMK · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Ficus polita, the heart-leaved fig, is a species of fig that is native to forests of tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal in the west to South Sudan and Kenya in the east, south to Angola and KwaZulu Natal, and to Madagascar.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Heart-leaved 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.

Easily confused with

Ficus luschnathiana
Ficus amplissima
Ficus sansibarica
Ficus superba
Ficus virens
Ficus krishnae

Classification

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

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