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Ficus drupacea Thunberg  (Hairy fig or Drupe fig)

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

FicusDrupacea@NabwagetaIsland_PNG_GregCalvert  

Distribution

Australia (Queensland from the Torres Strait to Townsville); South-east Asia; Melanesia; numerous south Pacific islands. Above photograph from Nabwageta Island in Papua New Guinea.

Biology

Pollinator: Eupristina belgaumensis Joseph.

Habitat

Spreading strangler fig to 30m, in rainforests from 0-680m altitude, often seen growing on beachfronts.

Credits

Photographs © Greg Calvert (Townsville, Australia).

 

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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