Ficus faulkneriana SEEDS

Ficus faulkneriana seeds grow into a fig tree native to the seasonally dry tropical biome of south-eastern Kenya and north-eastern Tanzania a restricted range in the coastal and near-coastal dry forests of East Africa. Named after the British botanist Michael Faulkner, who collected in East Africa. A tree of the East African coastal dry forest zone, one of the most biodiverse and threatened forest ecosystems in Africa, renowned for its extraordinary levels of plant and animal endemism. Small figs provide food for birds and small mammals in this threatened coastal forest ecosystem. Family Moraceae.

Full sun to partial shade; adaptable to coastal tropical dry forest soils; warm tropical conditions.

• SE. Kenya to NE. Tanzania seasonally dry tropical biome; restricted coastal range
• Named after East African botanical collector Michael Faulkner
• East African coastal dry forest one of Africa’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems
• Figs important for birds and small mammals in the coastal forest
• Full sun to partial shade; coastal dry forest soils; warm tropical; Family Moraceae

Ficus faulkneriana is a fig of the East African coastal dry forest a restricted-range endemic of the Kenya-Tanzania coastal zone, embedded in one of Africa’s most threatened and biodiverse forest ecosystems, and contributing to the complex ecology of this globally important conservation hotspot.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.