Ficus exasperata

Sandpaper tree
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: F. subg. Urostigma
Species:
F. exasperata
Binomial name
Ficus exasperata
Vahl
Synonyms
  • Ficus asperrima Roxb.
  • Ficus hispidissima Wight ex Miq.
  • Ficus politoria Moon
  • Ficus punctifera Warb.
  • Ficus scabra Willd. [Illegitimate]
  • Ficus serrata Forssk. [Illegitimate]
  • Ficus silicea Sim
  • Synoecia guillielmi-primi de Vriese [1]

Ficus exasperata, also called the sandpaper tree, forest sandpaper fig, white fig, or sandpaper leaf tree, is a deciduous, and dioecious species of plant in the mulberry family Moraceae, native to tropical Africa (an area from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to Angola and Mozambique) and southern Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Yemen).[2]

  1. ^ "Ficus exasperata Vahl — The Plant List". theplantlist.org.
  2. ^ "Protabase Record". database.prota.org. Retrieved 2017-07-18.