| Ficus salicifolia Vahl / Homotypic Synonyms: Ficus cordata ssp. salicifolia (Vahl) C.C.Berg, it is a shrubs or trees up to 8m tall, rarely more, with trunk up to 1 m in diameter; brk brownish to greyish, latex milky white; young branches pubescent to glabrous. Leaves opposite, rarely sub opposite; stipules bradly lanceolate, fully clasping the stem, about 1.5 cm long; petiole 2-7 cm long, slender, glabrous; balde 5-20 cm long, 1.5-5 cm wide, somewhat leathery, lanceolate to oblong, rarely narrowly ovate to obovate, base cuneate, margins entire, tip long acuminate, surfaces glabrou, upper surface often shiny, with 8-15 pairs of lateral veins. Figs 1-2, axillary, peduncles 2-4 mm long, puberulous; basal bracts 3, ovate, puberulous; receptacles 4-5 mm in diameter, globose, not stipitate; ostiole more or less prominent, with 3-4 ovate bracts visible from the outside. Life Form: Ph, Flowering in:—————-, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: SA+SZ, The native range of this species is Africa, Arabian Peninsula. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853634-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/853634-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000690174, https://www.gbif.org/species/5571063, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/24143/ficus-salicifolia-vahl, https://openherbarium.org/taxa/index.php?taxon=606957&clid=99, https://www.arbolesornamentales.es/Ficussalicifolia.htm, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_salicifolia |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Ghat area |
| Ghat (Esin region) 2004 Wadi Tanezzuft 2012 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1983) Flora of Libya, Moraceae Vol. (95) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses, Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mukassabi, T.A, Ahmidat, G., Sherif, I.M., ELMogasapi, A.(2012) Checklist and life forms of plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya. Biological Diversity and Conservation – 5 / 3 (2012) https://bit.ly/42hptsN, https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/biodicon/issue/55888/765799 | plant species in contrasting climatic zones of Libya 2012 |
| Ahmidat, Gh. (2004) Study of the vegetation cover of the area between the Acacus Mountains and the Tassili Mountains (Ghat). Master Thesis. Department of Botany.College of Science. Sebha University. Libya. (In Arabic) |