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*False sycomore (En). *Faux sycomore (Fr).

*Tree up to 20 m tall; bole up to 90 cm in diameter, with buttresses; outer bark greyish green, inner bark reddish; young branches hairy. *Leaves spirally arranged, almost distichous, simple; stipules 1–2 cm long, persistent for some time; petiole 0.5–5.5 cm long, hairy; blade broadly elliptical to obovate or oblong, 5–22 cm × 2.5–11(–12.5) cm, base cordate to truncate, apex acuminate, margin toothed to almost entire, upper surface rough, sparsely hairy, lower surface often hairy on main veins only, pinnately veined with 5–9 pairs of lateral veins. *Inflorescence a fig, the flowers enclosed within, figs on massive leafless branches up to 10 m long arising from the base of the bole (with the figs in the litter) or on usually short branchlets on the trunk up to the main branches, mostly depressed globose, 2–3 cm in diameter, minutely hairy, red to orange-red at maturity, often with yellowish to white spots; peduncle 0.5–1.5 cm long. *Flowers unisexual, sessile; male flowers with 3-lobed perianth and 2 stamens; female flowers with 2–4 tepals, 1-celled ovary and short or long style. *Fruit an ellipsoid to ovoid drupe c. 1 mm long, 1-seeded, developing within the fig.

* van Noort, S. & Rasplus, J.Y., 2007. Figs and fig wasps. [Internet] http://www.figweb.org/ Figs_and_fig_wasps/ index.htm. December 2007.

* M. Brink , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands

Brink, M., 2008. '''Ficus vogeliana''' (Miq.) Miq. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.