Ficus vogeliana
A buttressed evergreen fig tree of 5–20 m (rarely 30 m) from the lowland forests of West and Central Africa, from Guinea to Uganda. It favours wet ground: stream banks, swamp forest and periodically flooded sites. Its unusual figs are borne on long whip-like shoots at or below the soil surface. At home it is grown as a young foliage plant that wants warmth, bright light and constantly moist soil.
Where it grows wild
Secondary and evergreen rainforest, especially riparian forest, swamp forest and seasonally flooded or permanently moist sites along streams. Young trees establish in gaps and along forest edges; adults reach the canopy.
Recorded elevations run 2–1,073 m, median 400 m (191 records); the literature gives sea level to about 1,200 m.
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