(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Pharmacosycea; Section: Oreosycea: Subsection: Pedunculatae)
South-east Asia, Malesia and Australia (Queensland from Cape York to Ingham).
Pollinator: unknown.
Very large, buttressed tree to 45m high, in rainforest and gallery forest, up to 270m altitude.
Photographs © Greg Calvert (Townsville, Australia).
Ficus ampana Berg
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