Where to see the Large-leaved Rock Fig in South Africa

Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Large-leaved Rock Fig at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and Welgevonden Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.

The Large-leaved Rock Fig is most recorded in Limpopo (37% of records), North West (21% of records), Mpumalanga (19% of records), based on 828 iNaturalist observations. 11 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Large-leaved Rock Fig on site or nearby.

The Large-leaved Rock Fig is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Welgevonden Game Reserve: May-Sep, dry season. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.

The Large-leaved rock fig (Ficus abutilifolia) is a species of African rock-splitting 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. It is named for the similarity of its broadly ovate leaves to that of Abutilon.