Ficus sur, with the common names Cape fig and broom cluster fig,The etymology of the specific name is unclear. It may be of Arabic origin and suggest Sur, Oman, where it is not native. is a widespread Afrotropical species of cauliflorous fig.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTriverine forest and bush, groundwater forest, less often in forest away from water
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry6
Leaf C:N ratio29.41 g/g
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)309 mg/g
Leaf n14.9 mg/g
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Wood density424 mg/cm³
Other traits2
Fruiting endApr
Fruiting startApr
05DNA & barcoding9 specimens
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ficus sur has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections6
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Ficus sur 18S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and 28S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK1★rbcL1★rbcLa★trnL★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualFicus sur carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosomes2n = 26 n = 13
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 261×CCDB · book-fedorov
CCDB · book-fedorov — Condit 1964
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin7.01 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type6 722 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 858
Museum / vouchered1 376
Cultivated / captive24
Other464
Origin
Native166
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 132 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 381≤1 km 195≤10 km 68>10 km 21
1 665 georeferenced · 3 193 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 858
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 4≤10 km 7>10 km 8
20 georeferenced · 1 356 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 376
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 8≤1 km 8≤10 km 8
24 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living24
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions24 of 77 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Pretoria, ZA
211
Saint Louis, US
132
MeiseBGlocation not on record
119
Kew, GB
101
WAGlocation not on record
48
Durban, ZA
41
Yaoundé, CM
41
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
37
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
33
HNBlocation not on record
25
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record
23
Plocation not on record
19
LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record
18
BRLUlocation not on record
15
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
14
Haramaya Universitylocation not on record
13
Clocation not on record
11
Addis Ababa, ET
11
Paris, FR
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
10
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
8
Uppsala, SE
8
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
7
LNBG$location not on record
7
Bronx, US
7
LBVlocation not on record
6
Berlin, DE
6
Cape Town, ZA
6
Glocation not on record
5
Arusha, TZ
5
EAlocation not on record
5
Bergen, NO
4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
4
MSB-3054location not on record
4
Xiamen, CN
4
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
CJBGlocation not on record
3
Stockholm, SE
3
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record
3
Frankfurt am Main
3
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record
3
National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record
3
Edinburgh, GB
2
LSFlocation not on record
2
Brussels, BE
2
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
2
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
2
FTlocation not on record
2
University of Oxfordlocation not on record
2
University of Hamburglocation not on record
2
DSMlocation not on record
2
Limbe Botanical & Zoological Gardenslocation not on record
1
Ulocation not on record
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
Rotorua, NZ
1
Dekalb, US
1
Centre National de Floristique - Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNYlocation not on record
1
EFGlocation not on record
1
Elocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH)location not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Coimbra, PT
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record
1
Njala Universitylocation not on record
1
LISClocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Daubeny Herbarium, Oxfordlocation not on record
1
University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
MAlocation not on record
1
University of Johannesburglocation not on record
1
CMULlocation not on record
1
Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambiquelocation not on record
1
77 institutions · 1 088 of 1 376 vouchered records shown · 288 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Ficus sur was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median22.2 °C 20.8–23.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.40 °C
Max temp (day)27.9 °C 25.9–28.3
Min temp (night)15.8 °C 15.5–19.5
Precipitation56.0 mm/mo 33.4–206
Air humidity58.1 % 52.9–69.0
Moisture balance-68.5 mm/mo -113–76.5
Vapour deficit1,007 Pa 866–1,243
Wind speed3.00 m/s 1.40–4.10
Cloud cover19.7 % 17.1–30.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 722 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗