Ficus diamantiphylla
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Ficus diamantiphylla faces severe pressure from agricultural expansion and logging activities throughout its limited range in West African forests. The species' specialized pollination requirements with fig wasps make it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, as isolated populations may lose their essential pollinators. Deforestation for cocoa plantations and subsistence farming has eliminated much of its primary forest habitat, while remaining populations are threatened by selective logging targeting large canopy trees.
Habitat
This fig species inhabits primary and secondary tropical rainforests of West Africa, typically growing as a large canopy tree in humid lowland forests. It requires intact forest ecosystems to maintain the complex relationships with its specialized fig wasp pollinators.
