The river sandpaper fig (''Ficus capreifolia'') is a
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 ...
shrub or small tree of the western and eastern
Afrotropics. It is typically found around pans or flood plains, or along riparian fringes in tropical or subtropical savanna regions, but is absent from the tropical rainforest zone.
Despite its regular scrambling habit it may attain a height of .
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The bark is pale and smooth, and the branches are slender.][ The elongate leaves are rough on both surfaces.
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Image:Ficus capreifolia, blaar, Manie van der Schijff BT.jpg,
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Trees of Africa