Australian Native Plants - Figs
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Ficus coronata
(Sandpaper Fig) |
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Height
6m -12m
Spread
3m - 5m |
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. Read more > |
Ficus macrophylla
(Moreton Bay Fig) |
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Height
15m - 35m
Spread
15m - 25m |
The Moreton Bay Fig is large fig tree with thick buttressing on the trunk. The bark is grey and rough, and the leaves are elliptical and dark green. Fruit turns purple when ripe. Read more > |
Ficus platypoda
(Desert Fig) |
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Height
8m
Spread
5m |
The Desert Fig or Rock Fig has waxy oval leaves (similar to the Rubber Plant, F. elastica). It has grey bark. The fruits are small and hard and remain on the tree for months before falling. Read more > |
Ficus virens
(White Fig) |
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White Fig is a large fig with edible fruit. The trunk is gray. It is sopmetimes seen growing round other trees as a strangler fig. The aerial roots thicken when they make contact with the ground. The leaves are about 8cm - 19 cm long and 3cm - 6cm... Read more > |
Ficus watkinsiana
(Watkins fig) |
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Height
35m - 45m |
Ficus watkinsiana is a large tree with wide buttresses. It often grows as a strangler fig, germinating high in a tree and dropping aerial roots down to the ground., The roots branch and thicken eventually enveloping the host tree in a thickening... Read more > |
