The Pondoland fig (''Ficus bizanae'') is a species of

fig The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...

that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...

to forests of coastal South Africa, where it is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

. Their figs are borne on old wood, in small clusters on stumpy branchlets. Their leaves have entire margins, usually have rounded bases, and sometimes have acuminate tips. It is pollinated by '' Courtella'' wasps. The Heart-leaved fig, ''

Ficus polita ''Ficus polita'', the heart-leaved fig, is a species of fig that is native to forests of tropical Africa, Distribution The tree is found in Lowland rainforest and gallery forest (west and central Africa), coastal & dry forest (east and southern ...

'', is a similar forest species, but is distributed towards the north.

References

bizanae Endemic flora of South Africa Trees of South Africa Vulnerable flora of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Moraceae-stub