Ficus thonningii Images
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This is not one tree but two, and the natural arch was kept the way it is found today by Elephants before the road was put in. It is formed by two Strangler figs (Ficus thonningii) which strangled two Cape Olive trees (Olea capensis).
Photograph by: Malcolm and Amanda
Looking up the trunk into the canopy
Photograph by: JMK
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Base of the trunk
Photograph by: JMK
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Leaves
Photograph by: JMK
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Fruits developing along the main branches
Photograph by: Xesko
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The white latex seeping from the damaged trunk
Photograph by: Xesko
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