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Trilepisium madagascariense
Also called Venda Fig, Urn Fig
A medium to large forest tree from tropical and subtropical Africa and Madagascar, rarely cultivated. It is grown mainly as a shade or landscape tree in frost-free climates rather than as a houseplant.
Trilepisium madagascariense, the urnfig or false-fig, is a species of plant in the family Moraceae, with an extensive range in the subtropical and tropical Afrotropics. It grows to a medium-sized or large tree in primary or secondary forest, or in forest patches, and is rarely cultivated.
It is native to tropical and subtropical West and Central Africa, and occurs southwards to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the Soutpansberg, South Africa. It is also found on Madagascar and Annobón island. The closely related T. gymnandrum occurs on Silhouette Island, Seychelles.
The wood is suitable for furniture, and the sap yields a red dye. Roasted seeds are eaten and the trees are sometimes cultivated. It has many traditional uses.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trilepisium madagascariense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
