Ficus capreifolia

For other uses of "Sandpaper fig", see Sandpaper fig.

The river sandpaper fig (Ficus capreifolia) is a fig shrub or small tree of the western and eastern Afrotropics. It is typically found around pans or flood plains, or along riparian fringes in tropical or subtropical savanna regions, but is absent from the tropical rainforest zone.^[2] Despite its regular scrambling habit it may attain a height of 7 to 10 m (23 to 33 ft).^[2]

River sandpaper fig
In Pretoria, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Subgenus:	F. subg. Sycidium
Species:	F. capreifolia
Binomial name
Ficus capreifolia Delile
Synonyms
F. antithetophylla Steud. ex A.Rich. F. palustris Sim F. paolii Pamp.[1]

The bark is pale and smooth, and the branches are slender.^[3] Their rough-textured, pear-shaped, yellowish-green figs are up to 2 cm (0.79 in) in diameter and grow on short stalks from the leaf axils.^[3] The elongate leaves are rough on both surfaces.

Gallery

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  Fig in leaf axil
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  Leaf shape