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SANDPAPER FIG FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
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.
Habitat
rainforest, open forest, usually near creeks or gullies.
Distribution
found along east coast of Queensland from Mackay down through New South Wales and Victoria.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 6m -12m
Spread: 3m - 5m
Wildlife Interest
Birds are attarcted to the fruit. food plant for the caterpillars of the Purple Moonbeam butterfly (Philiris innotatus)
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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