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Ficus rubiginosa Desf. ex Ventenant  (Rock fig)

 

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Urostigma; Section: Malvanthera; Subsection: Malvantherae)

 

 

FicusRubiginosa@MtStuart_Townsville_GregCalvert  

Distribution

Australia (from Torres Strait to New South Wales).

Biology

Pollinator: Pleistodontes imperialis Saunders.

Habitat

Strangler fig on trees and rocks, reaching a maximum height of 30m, though often only 6m especially on exposed rocks. Occurs in rainforest, dry/monsoon rainforest and riparian forest.

Credits

Photographs © Greg Calvert (Townsville, Australia).

 


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