Ficus watkinsiana (Watkins fig)
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Strangler Fig
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WATKINS FIG FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Watkins fig
Other Names
Strangler Fig, Green-leaved Moreton Bay Fig
Description
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 lattics of roots that eventually "strangles" the tree. The large leaves (10cm - 20cm long) are elliptical, glossy green above and paler underneath.The fruit is dark purple with yellow spots.
Habitat
Sub-tropical and coastal rainforest
Distribution
New South Wales, Queensland
Growth Characteristics
Height: 35m - 45m
Wildlife Interest
attracts birds and fruit-bats
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Rosales | | Family: | Moraceae | | Genus: | Ficus | | Species: | watkinsiana | | Common Name: | Watkins fig |
Relatives in same Genus
Ficus coronata
Ficus macrophylla
Ficus platypoda
Ficus virens
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