Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Rosales

Moraceae - Fig family

Berg, C.C. (1991) Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6)

Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003) Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa

Description of the family

Trees, shrubs or herbs (Dorstenia only), dioecious or monoecious; sap milky, very occasionally watery (e.g. in Ficus capreifolia). Stipules present. Leaves alternate, rarely subopposite or subwhorled. Inflorescence unisexual or bisexual. Male flowers: tepals 2-6 perianth 0; stamens 1-4. Female flowers: tepals 2-6 perianth 0; pistil 1; stigmas 1 or 2.

Worldwide: 38 genera and 1100 species, mostly in warm or tropical areas but with a few in temperate zones.

Rwanda: 3 genera and 6 taxa.

Insects associated with this family:

Cyrestis camillus (African map or -porcelain) Food plant

Naroma varipes (Figtree moth) Food plant

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Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Dorstenia L.	Description
Ficus L.	Description
Trilepisium Thouars	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Moraceae:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Moraceae
Flora of Burundi: Moraceae
Flora of Caprivi: Moraceae
Flora of the DRC: Moraceae
Flora of Malawi: Moraceae
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Moraceae
Flora of Mozambique: Moraceae
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Moraceae
Flora of Zambia: Moraceae
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Moraceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Moraceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Moraceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Moraceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Moraceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Moraceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Moraceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Moraceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Moraceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Moraceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Moraceae
Wikipedia: Moraceae
Plants of the World Online: Moraceae
Tropicos: Moraceae