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Ficus rubiginosa, the rusty fig or Port Jackson fig (damun in the Dharug language), is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Australia in the genus Ficus.Beginning as a seedling that grows on other plants (hemiepiphyte) or rocks (), F. rubiginosa matures into a tree 30 m (100 ft) high and nearly as wide with a yellow-brown buttressed trunk.
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.
Ficus obliqua planted as a shade tree in a playground, Glebe, New South Wales. Ficus obliqua is an elegant shade tree for parks or fields, and is adaptable to differing soils. [11] A notable specimen in Mick Ryan Park, Milton on the New South Wales south coast stands 14 m (46 ft) tall and 38 m (125 ft) across, [29] and is a local landmark. [30]
Leaves have stipules and petiole, stipules tend to be caducous while petiole is hairy, up to and 10 cm long. [3] Surface of leaves can be rough or sometimes smooth, with a cordate base and acuminate apex. Figs can be found on branches of the species, they are globular in shape, and are commonly green when young becoming yellow to orange when ...
Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times. [ 2 ]
Ficus insipida is a common tropical tree in the fig genus of the ... and the entire leaf becomes bright yellow after it falls from the tree. ... Leaves vary shape ...
Severe pruning — a.k.a. "coat racking" — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse.
It has broad shiny oval leaves 10–35 cm (4–14 in) long and 5–15 cm (2–6 in) broad; leaf size is largest on young plants (occasionally to 45 cm or 17 + 1 ⁄ 2 in long), much smaller on old trees (typically 10 cm or 4 in long).