Ficus coronata
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Ficus coronata (cultivated, labelled) Maranoa Gardens, Balwyn, Victoria, Australia
Photograph by Melburnian. Some rights reserved.
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SANDPAPER FIG FACTS
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Common Name
Sandpaper Fig
Description
The Sandpaper Fig is a fig with rough sandpapery leaves. The tree has a dark brown trunk and ovate or elliptical leaves. The fruit is oval and about 1.5 cm long.
Height
6m -12m
Spread
3m - 5m
Habitat
rainforest, open forest, usually near creeks or gullies.
Wildlife Interest
Birds are attarcted to the fruit. food plant for the caterpillars of the Purple Moonbeam butterfly (Philiris innotatus)
Distribution
found along east coast of Queensland from Mackay down through New South Wales and Victoria.
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Rosales | | Family: | Moraceae | | Genus: | Ficus | | Species: | coronata | | Common Name: | Sandpaper Fig |
Relatives in same Genus
Ficus macrophylla
Ficus platypoda
Ficus virens
Ficus watkinsiana
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