Ficus Bussei
Family: Moraceae
GIR: Mugandi
A fine fig growing to 25 m along the coastal strip. Trunk fluted at base, bark grey. Often has aerial roots. Fruit green with whitish warts, attracting birds, bats and monkeys. Reasonably fast-growing.
Larval food to:
- Cyrestis camillus, -the African map butterfly
- Myrina silenus – common fig blue
Available -Kivukoni Indigenous Tree Nursery
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