Ficus sycomorus (Sycamore Fig, Mukuyu Tree)
Beautiful yellow-green bark, fruit attracts a host of birds species, wild animals and livestock eat the fruits and leaves, very useful tree, improves infiltration rate and water-holding capacity of the soil, fast-growing at 1.5m per year
ZK250.00 – ZK1,100.00
Full sun, average water, drought tolerant, any soil, 15 to 20 metres tall, massive root system, not suitable as a street tree, plant 8m from bluidings and sidewalks.
Indigenous to Zambia and Africa south of the Sahel and north of the Tropic of Capricorn and Worldwide distribution: Senegal, Cape Verde Islands and Arabian Peninsula to Madagascar
