Ficus ingens

Red-leaved fig
A specimen exhibiting a rock-splitting habit, and a flush of red new leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Species:
F. ingens
Binomial name
Ficus ingens
(Miq.) Miq.
Synonyms
  • Urostigma ingens Miq.
  • Urostigma xanthophyllum Miq.
  • Urostigma afrum Miq.
  • Ficus schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Urostigma xanthophyllum var. ovatocordatum Sond.
  • Ficus afra (Miq.) Miq.
  • Ficus xanthophylla (Miq.) Martelli
  • Ficus stuhlmannii var. glabrifolia Warb.
  • Ficus afra var. longipes Warb.
  • Ficus afra var. natalensis Warb.
  • Ficus afra var. pubicarpa Warb.
  • Ficus afra var. sambesiaca Warb.
  • Ficus pondoensis Warb.
  • Ficus magenjensis Sim
  • Ficus ingentoides Hutch.
  • Ficus katagumica Hutch.
  • Ficus kawuri Hutch.
  • Ficus ovatocordata De Wild.
  • Ficus ingens var. tomentosa Hutch.

Ficus ingens, the red-leaved fig, is a fig species with an extensive range in the subtropical to dry tropical regions of Africa and southern Arabia. Despite its specific name, which means "huge", or "vast", it is usually a shrub or tree of modest proportions. It is a fig of variable habit depending on the local climate and substrate, typically a stunted subshrub on elevated rocky ridges, or potentially a large tree on warmer plains and lowlands. In 1829 the missionary Robert Moffat found a rare giant specimen, into which seventeen thatch huts of a native tribe were placed, so as to be out of reach of lions.

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