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| 1 | a | Figs with a peduncle at least 2 mm. long go to 2 |
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| b | - Figs sessile or subsessile go to 35 |
| 2 | a | Figs on distinct spurs 5?50(150) mml. long, borne on older wood (in F. ottoniifolia sometimes on branchlets up to the leaf axils); figs at least 10 mm. in diam. when dry go to 3 |
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| b | - Figs not on spurs, or on minute spurs 1 -2 mm. long borne in the leaf axils and/or just below the leaves and then figs at most 10 mm. in diam. when dry go to 15 |
| 3 | a | Basal bracts persistent (or subpersistent) (see TAB. 16, figs. 2. 4. 5) go to 4 |
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| b | - Basal bracts caducous go to 11 |
| 4 | a | Stipules with short, white, appressed hairs; leaves usually minutely puberulous on the main veins beneath (long stipules on new-flush growth with patent hairs) FZ account for Ficus chirindensis |
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| b | - Stipules glabrous (or with minute, patent hairs or distinctly ciliolate); leaves (except sometimes midrib) glabrous beneath go to 5 |
| 5 | a | Figs ellipsoid, if globose then at most 15 mm. in diam. when dry, mostly smooth go to 6 |
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| b | - Figs globose, 15?30 mm. in diam. when dry, mostly wrinkled go to 7 |
| 6 | a | Leaf 8?16 cm. long, base acute to obtuse FZ account for Ficus ottoniifolia subsp. ulugurensis |
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| b | - Leaf 2?9 cm. long, base cordulate to rarely rounded FZ account for Ficus tremula |
| 7 | a | Peduncle 5?10(11) mm. long; petiole 2?4 mm. thick when dry; apex of the thickly coriaceous lamina rounded or very shortly and bluntly acuminate FZ account for Ficus bubu |
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| b | - Peduncle (9)10?20 mm. long; petiole 1?2(3) mm. thick when dry; apex of the coriaceous to subcoriaceous lamina usually acuminate go to 8 |
| 8 | a | Fig-bearing spurs more than 1 cm. long, mostly 5?15 cm. long, their bud scales ± densely puberulous; midrib and petiole usually drying red-brown go to 9 |
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| b | - Fig-bearing spurs up to 1 cm. long, their bud scales glabrous; midrib and petiole usually drying blackish go to 10 |
| 9 | a | Stipules ciliolate; fig-bearing spurs usually up to c. 5 cm. long FZ account for Ficus sansibarica subsp. sansibarica |
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| b | - Stipules not ciliolate; fig-bearing spurs usually up to c. 10(15) cm. long FZ account for Ficus sansibarica subsp. macrosperma |
| 10 | a | Leaf lateral veins 5?8(9) pairs; figs 2?4 cm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus polita subsp. polita |
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| b | - Leaf lateral veins (8)10?12 pairs; figs 1?1.5 cm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus polita subsp. brevipedunculata |
| 11 | a | Stipules with short, white, appressed hairs (but not ciliolate); leaf usually minutely puberulous on the main veins beneath (long stipules on new-flush growth with patent hairs) FZ account for Ficus chirindensis |
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| b | - Stipules glabrous (or with minute, patent hairs or distinctly ciliolate); leaf (except sometimes midrib) glabrous beneath go to 12 |
| 12 | a | Figs globose, 15?35 mm. in diam. when dry, mostly wrinkled go to 13 |
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| b | - Figs ellipsoid, if globose then at most 15 mm. in diam. when dry, mostly smooth go to 14 |
| 13 | a | Stipules ciliolate; fig-bearing spurs usually up to c. 5 cm. long FZ account for Ficus sansibarica subsp. sansibarica |
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| b | - Stipules not ciliolate; fig-bearing spurs usually up to c. 10(15) cm. long FZ account for Ficus sansibarica subsp. macrosperma |
| 14 | a | Petiole (1)1.5?2 mm. thick when dry; peduncle 1?1.5 mm. thick when dry, if 0.5?1 mm. thick then leaf base acute to obtuse or the lamina 8?16 cm. long FZ account for Ficus ottoniifolia subsp. macrosyce |
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| b | - Petiole 0.5?1 mm. thickwhen dry; peduncle 0.5?1 mm. thick when dry; leaf base rounded to cordulate; lamina 2?9 cm. long FZ account for Ficus tremula |
| 15 | a | Stipules persistent or subpersistent go to 16 |
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| b | - Stipules caducous go to 18 |
| 16 | a | Stipules basally connate, 15?30 mm. long; figs at least 20 mm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus cyathistipula |
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| b | - Stipules free, 5?15 mm. long; figs at most 10 mm. in diam. when dry go to 17 |
| 17 | a | Petiole 2?10(15) mm. long; leaf glabrous, midrib not reaching leaf apex FZ account for Ficus lingua |
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| b | - Petiole 10?40(60) mm. long (if less than 10 mm. then leaf ± hairy), midrib reaching leaf apex FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
| 18 | a | Tertiary venation of leaf ± perpendicular to the lateral veins (scalariform, see TAB. 16, fig. 27); basal pair of veins strongly branched on the lower side; leaf base often cordate and/or the lower surface hairy go to 19 |
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| b | - Tertiary venation of the leaf± strongly reticulate or predominantly parallel to the lateral veins (TAB. 16, figs. 28, 29); basal pair of veins usually unbranched; leaf base usually cuneate to rounded and/or the lower surface glabrous go to 23 |
| 19 | a | Lateral veins 3?7 pairs FZ account for Ficus glumosa |
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| b | - Lateral veins 7?16 pairs go to 20 |
| 20 | a | Leaf ± as long as broad, cordiform to subreniform or broadly ovate; basal bracts caducous FZ account for Ficus abutilifolia |
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| b | - Leaf distinctly longer than broad, ovate to oblong or elliptic; basal bracts persistent go to 21 |
| 21 | a | Leaf lateral veins 7?11 pairs; stipules 1.5?4.5(8) cm. long FZ account for Ficus trichopoda |
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| b | - Leaf lateral veins 10?16 pairs; stipules 0.5?1.2 cm. long go to 22 |
| 22 | a | Peduncle 10?25 mm. long; conspicuous bud-cover absent; figs subglobose, if ellipsoid then up to 10 mm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus bussei |
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| b | - Peduncle up to 5 mm. long; calyptrate bud-cover up to 15 mm. long (TAB. 16, fig. 21); figs ellipsoid, if subglobose then more than 10 mm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus ovata |
| 23 | a | Basal bracts caducous go to 24 |
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| b | - Basal bracts persistent go to 28 |
| 24 | a | Figs 3?4 mm. in diam. when dry; leaf lamina 0.5?5 cm. long; petiole 2?8 mm. long FZ account for Ficus lingua |
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| b | - Figs 5?20 mm. in diam. when dry; leaf lamina mostly more than 5 cm. long; petiole mostly more than 10 mm. long go to 25 |
| 25 | a | Leaf midrib not reaching apex of the lamina; apex bluntly and shortly acuminate to rounded or emarginate; lamina mostly 2.5?9 cm. long go to 26 |
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| b | - Leaf midrib reaching apex of the lamina; apex acuminate to acute; lamina mostly 10?20 cm. long go to 27 |
| 26 | a | Figs 15?20 mm. in diam. when dry; leaf ovate to elliptic FZ account for Ficus fischeri |
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| b | - Figs 5?10 mm. in diam. when dry; leaf usually lanceolate to linear or oblong FZ account for Ficus barteri |
| 27 | a | Figs 8?15 mm. in diam. when dry; leaves usually oblong to elliptic or subobovate; stipules glabrous or puberulous; basal bracts caducous FZ account for Ficus natalensis subsp. natalensis |
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| b | - Figs 5?10 mm. in diam. when dry; leaves usually broadly obovate to obtriangular; stipules usually subsericeous or hirtellous; basal bracts caducous or subpersistent FZ account for Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii |
| 28 | a | Figs 10?20(25) mm. in diam. when dry go to 29 |
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| b | - Figs 3?12(15) mm. in diam. when dry go to 31 |
| 29 | a | Leaf lateral veins 3?7 pairs; basal veins usually branching (TAB. 16, fig. 25) FZ account for Ficus glumosa |
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| b | - Leaf lateral veins (5)7?18 pairs; basal veins unbranched go to 30 |
| 30 | a | Petiole 2?3 mm. thick; leaf mostly 10?20 cm. long; figs 3?4.5 cm. in diam. when fresh FZ account for Ficus scassellatii |
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| b | - Petiole 1?2 mm. thick; leaf mostly 5?10 cm. long; figs at most 2 cm. in diam. when fresh FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
| 31 | a | Figs 3?4 mm. in diam. when dry; peduncle up to 5 mm. long; petiole 2?5 mm. long, 0.5?1 mm. thick FZ account for Ficus lingua |
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| b | - Figs 4?12(15) mm. in diam. when dry; peduncle more than 5 mm. long; petiole more than 8 mm. long and/or 1?2(2.5) mm. thick go to 32 |
| 32 | a | Leaf lateral veins (5)7?12(16) pairs FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
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| b | - Leaf lateral veins 3?7 pairs go to 33 |
| 33 | a | Twigs and leaves (especially below) usually hairy, if glabrous then leaves cordate; twigs 2?6 mm. thick; periderm on older parts of leafy twigs flaking off FZ account for Ficus glumosa |
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| b | - Twigs and leaves usually glabrous; twigs 1.5?3 mm. thick; peridenn on older parts of leafy twigs not flaking off go to 34 |
| 34 | a | Leaf lateral veins (3)5?6(7) pairs; mature figs blackish or dark brown; plants from southern Mozambique FZ account for Moraceae |
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| b | - Leaf lateral veins (5)6?7 pairs; mature figs reddish or yellowish; plants of northwest Zambia FZ account for Ficus natalensis subsp. leprieurii |
| 35 | a | Leaf glabrous beneath go to 36 |
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| b | - Leaf hairy beneath go to 44 |
| 36 | a | Lateral veins 10?14 pairs go to 37 |
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| b | - Lateral veins 4?10 pairs go to 38 |
| 37 | a | Figs usually ellipsoid to ovoid, 10?40 mm. in diam. when dry; the calyptrate bud cover up to 15 mm. long, at first enveloping the young fig (TAB. 16, fig. 21) FZ account for Ficus ovata |
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| b | - Figs subglobose, 5?10(15) mm. in diam. when dry; the calyptrate bud cover minute, at first ± enveloping the young fig, or not FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
| 38 | a | Epidermis of the petiole flaking off when dry go to 39 |
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| b | - Epidermis of the petiole not flaking off go to 40 |
| 39 | a | Petiole 1?2 mm. thick when dry; basal bracts 1.5?2 mm. long FZ account for Ficus ardisioides subsp. camptoneura |
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| b | - Petiole 2?4(8) mm. thick when dry; basal bracts 3?6 mm. long FZ account for Ficus lutea |
| 40 | a | Midrib not reaching the apex of the lamina go to 41 |
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| b | - Midrib reaching the apex of the lamina go to 42 |
| 41 | a | Leaf apex often truncate to ± emarginate; leaves often subopposite; figs initially enveloped by a calyptrate bud-cover up to c. 10 mm. long (TAB. 16, fig. 21); the bud-cover halves and the stipules subpersistent FZ account for Ficus craterostoma |
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| b | - Leaf apex acuminate to rounded; leaves occasionally subopposite; figs initially enveloped by a minute bud-cover, or not so FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
| 42 | a | Lateral veins (5)7?12(16) pairs FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
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| b | - Lateral veins 3?7 pairs go to 43 |
| 43 | a | Base of the lamina cordate (to rounded) FZ account for Ficus glumosa |
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| b | - Base of the lamina acute to obtuse FZ account for Ficus ardisioides subsp. camptoneura |
| 44 | a | Epidermis of the petiole flaking off when dry go to 45 |
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| b | - Epidermis of the petiole not flaking off go to 46 |
| 45 | a | Leaf almost as long as wide; main basal lateral veins reaching the leaf margin near the middle of the lamina FZ account for Ficus wakefieldii |
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| b | - Leaf distinctly longer than wide; main basal lateral veins reaching the margin far below the middle of the lamina FZ account for Ficus lutea |
| 46 | a | Main basal lateral veins (faintly) branched; base of the lamina usually subcordate go to 47 |
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| b | - Main basal lateral veins unbranched (TAB. 16, fig. 26) go to 51 |
| 47 | a | Reticulum of the lamina beneath inconspicuous and plane FZ account for Ficus glumosa |
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| b | - Reticulum of the lamina beneath conspicuous and prominent go to 48 |
| 48 | a | Leaf subreniform, cordiform or broadly ovate go to 49 |
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| b | - Leaf oblong, elliptic or ovate go to 50 |
| 49 | a | Stipules 10?15 mm. long FZ account for Ficus muelleriana |
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| b | - Stipules 2?6 mm. long FZ account for Ficus tettensis |
| 50 | a | Petiole 0.5?1 mm. thick when dry; figs 5?10 mm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus nigropunctata |
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| b | - Petiole (1)2?3 mm. thick when dry; figs (7)10?15 mm. in diam. when dry FZ account for Ficus stuhlmannii |
| 51 | a | Reticulum of the leaf beneath prominent FZ account for Ficus stuhlmannii |
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| b | - Reticulum of the leaf beneath plane or slightly prominent go to 52 |
| 52 | a | Lateral veins 3?7 pairs FZ account for Ficus glumosa |
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| b | - Lateral veins (5)7?12(16) pairs FZ account for Ficus thonningii |
