Re: medit plant posting

nancy@lighthousenet.com wrote:
>> may have actually referred to a fig known as the Egyptian Sycamore
>> or Sycomore(Ficus sycomorus) which is apparently a source of a
>> minor edible fruit around the eastern Med..
>>
>> Moira

> Hi Moira,
>
> Was this tree native to Madagascar?
>
 Nancy
Apparently not. Its stamping ground is given as the Arabian
Peninsula and Africa north of Sudan.

The only species of fig I can dicover which qualifies as Madagascaran is F lutea, which is described as native to most of Africa south of the Sahara and also found in Madagascar. This is one of the big sranglers which start high up on the crown of an unfortunate victim, grow roots down to the ground all round and then proceed to strangle their unwilling host. Not a nice well-behaved tree like the Egyptian Syacamore!

Moira

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