A guide to the fig trees of Westerna Tanzania with special emphasis on Gombe and Mahale National Parks

Abstract

An overview is given of the vegetation of the Gombe and Mahale National Parks in western Tanzania. The paper then focuses on the 24 fig trees of this area and after a brief overview of the natural history, keys are provided to identify the species. Each species is briefly treated with a short description, local names, habitat and specimen citations, as well as conservation assessments.



Keywords: Ficus, natural history, identification, vegetation

East African Journal of Natural History Vol. 96 (1) 2007: pp. 1-26