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Ficus asperifolia is a species of scrambling shrub or small sized gynodioecious fig tree belonging to the family Moraceae. It grows up to 6 m high and often has climbing branches.
Ficus asperifolia occurs in Senegal westwards to Sudan and Kenya and southwards to Zambia. It is found in savannas and edges of gallery forests.
In Cameroon dried fruit of the species are used in traditional medine to treate infertility, extracts of the species are also used to aid the wound healing process.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus asperifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
