The Laurel fig ( Ficus ilicina) is a species of rock-splitting
Description
It is generally a scrambler on rocks, but also a medium-sized shrub, or rarely a large tree of tall or more.
[ It is mostly evergreen, though a few are bare in spring, just before new foliage emerges. The elliptic leaves are more than twice as long as they are wide, shiny above and matte below.][ The sessile or stalked figs are produced in the summer months. They are about in diameter and appear in the leaf axils near the branch tips.][
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Range
It occurs in southwestern Angola, the escarpment and Khomas Region, and in the Northern Cape, South Africa.
Species associations
The pollinating wasp is Elisabethiella (Grandi).[ The figs are eaten by birds and people.][
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