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Ficus polita
Ficus polita, the heart-leaved fig, is a species of fig that is native to forests of tropical Africa, ranging from Senegal in the west to South Sudan and Kenya in the east, south to Angola and KwaZulu Natal, and to Madagascar.
The tree is found in Lowland rainforest and gallery forest (west and central Africa), coastal & dry forest (east and southern African coast), and on Madagascar. It grows up to elevations of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft).
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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.
