Ficus thonningii is a species of Ficus. It is native to Africa. It is commonly known as Mugumo to the Agikuyu or the Strangler Fig in common English.http://apps.worldagroforestry.org/usefultrees/pdflib/Ficus_thonningii_KEN.pdf Recent phylogenetic analysis suggests it may be a species complex. The species has diverse economic and environmental uses across many faming and pastoral communities in Africa. In some dryland areas in Africa for example, it is a very good source of dry season livestock fodder, because it produces highly nutritious foliage in large amounts all year round. Parts of the plant edible for livestock include, leaves, twigs and barks, and their nutirional value varies with season
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Ficus thonningii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 thonningii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens14
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections12
Countries5
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL3★rbcLa★trnL★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualFicus thonningii 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 = 52 n = 26
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 521×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 origin1.54 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 type2 673 records
Wild obs. + sensor730
Museum / vouchered1 725
Other218
Origin
Native9
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 592 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 accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 23≤1 km 16>10 km 3
42 georeferenced · 688 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor730
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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤1 km 10≤10 km 20>10 km 6
36 georeferenced · 1 689 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 725
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 institutions26 of 88 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
376
Saint Louis, US
185
MeiseBGlocation not on record
110
Kew, GB
86
HNBlocation not on record
48
WAGlocation not on record
47
Durban, ZA
47
Yaoundé, CM
41
Arusha, TZ
31
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
27
DSMlocation not on record
23
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record
15
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
14
Haramaya Universitylocation not on record
13
LBVlocation not on record
13
Plocation not on record
12
Addis Ababa, ET
12
Université du Lomélocation not on record
11
LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record
11
Uppsala, SE
10
Paris, FR
9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
9
Bergen, NO
8
CJBGlocation not on record
8
Clocation not on record
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
Glocation not on record
7
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
6
Botanic Gardenlocation not on record
6
Claremont, US
6
BRLUlocation not on record
6
Université National du Béninlocation not on record
6
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
6
Bronx, US
5
Berlin, DE
4
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
4
National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
4
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record
4
Frankfurt am Main
4
University of Johannesburglocation not on record
3
FTlocation not on record
3
LSFlocation not on record
3
Riverside, US
3
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
3
EAlocation not on record
3
LISClocation not on record
3
Brussels, BE
3
Xiamen, CN
3
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
3
Zürich, CH
3
Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Njala Universitylocation not on record
2
Coimbra, PT
2
Ulocation not on record
2
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
2
BMlocation not on record
2
EFGlocation not on record
2
Limbe Botanical & Zoological Gardenslocation not on record
2
Dresden, DE
2
Elocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
UPNlocation not on record
1
Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record
1
National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Miami, US
1
University of Oxfordlocation not on record
1
LNBG$location not on record
1
Alexandria Universitylocation not on record
1
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
IFANlocation not on record
1
Daubeny Herbarium, Oxfordlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
1
Botanical Garden "Anastasie Fatu" of Iasilocation not on record
1
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
1
Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambiquelocation not on record
1
MSB-3054location not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Buffelskloof Nature Reservelocation not on record
1
CMULlocation not on record
1
Centre National de Semences Forestièreslocation not on record
1
Llocation not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record
1
88 institutions · 1 333 of 1 725 vouchered records shown · 391 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA12 detections
Where the DNA of Ficus thonningii 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 found12
Studies independent surveys1
Countries5
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 12 detections have coordinates
Open the map5 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 median20.5 °C 17.6–24.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.40 °C
Max temp (day)25.6 °C 23.6–29.1
Min temp (night)15.8 °C 11.8–20.2
Precipitation59.3 mm/mo 10.4–198
Air humidity58.1 % 54.6–66.7
Moisture balance-48.1 mm/mo -68.6–64.9
Vapour deficit1,007 Pa 896–1,114
Wind speed1.80 m/s 1.30–3.10
Cloud cover24.9 % 17.7–30.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 9 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 673 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
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↗