Ficus abutilifolia

{{short description|African fig species known as the large-leaved rock fig}}

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|name = Large-leaved rock fig

|image = Ficus abutilifolia, habitus, Roodekrans.jpg

|image_caption = In Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2020 |title=Ficus abutilifolia |volume=2020 |page=e.T146435124A146451622 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T146435124A146451622.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

|parent = Ficus subg. Urostigma

|taxon = Ficus abutilifolia

|authority = (Miq.) Miq.

|synonyms =

• F. soldanella Warb.
• Urostigma abutilifolium Miq.{{cite web |title=Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq., Synonyms |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2809367 |work=ThePlantList |publisher= |accessdate=16 November 2014}}

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Ficus abutilifolia, the large-leaved rock fig, is a species of African rock-splitting{{cite web |last1=Burring |first1=Jan |title=Ficus abutilifolia (Miq.) Miq. |url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/ficusabuti.htm |website=PlantZAfrica.com |publisher=SANBI |accessdate=16 November 2014}} fig that occurs in two disjunct regions, one population north, and another south of the equator. The two populations are pollinated by different fig wasps, and are morphologically distinct.{{cite web|last1=van Noort |first1=S., Rasplus, J. |title=Ficus abutilifolia (Miquel) Miquel 1867 |url=http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Galoglychia/Subsection_Platyphyllae/Ficus_abutilifolia.htm |website=Figweb |publisher=Iziko Museums |accessdate=16 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129031414/http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Galoglychia/Subsection_Platyphyllae/Ficus_abutilifolia.htm |archivedate=29 November 2014 }} It is named for the similarity of its broadly ovate leaves to that of Abutilon. It is virtually restricted to cliff faces and rock outcrops, and is easily recognized from its large, glabrous leaves and smooth, pale bark.