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Ficus watkinsiana on Syzygium hemilampra, Australia. Strangler fig is the common name for a number of tropical and subtropical plant species in the genus Ficus, ...
Ficus watkinsiana, commonly known as strangler fig, Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to Australia.The species exists in three populations—one in northeast Queensland and the others in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. [1]
The extensive aerial roots of the strangler fig then dropped from the oblique angle of the fallen tree 15 metres (49 ft) to the forest floor, forming a "curtain". North Queensland strangler figs were portrayed photographically in The Queenslander from as early as 1896 and on postcards soon after 1900. [1]
Ficus henneana is a strangler fig only occurring in Australia.Previously considered a variety of Ficus superba which occurs in China, Japan and parts of South East Asia.The cedar fig or deciduous fig grows in Australia from Milton, New South Wales to northern Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Mulberry Family native to eastern Australia, from the Wide Bay–Burnett region in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, as well as Lord Howe Island where the subspecies F. m. columnaris is a banyan form covering 2.5 acres (a hectare) or more of ground.
The mature fig changes to a white, pinkish or brown colour with red spots, 10 mm in diameter, almost stalkless on the stem. [2] Fruit ripe in Australia mostly June to August, or at all times during the year. The figs eaten by a large variety of birds including Australasian figbird, green catbird, Lewin's honeyeater, topknot pigeon and pied ...
The Curtain Fig National Park is a national park on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland, Australia.The National Park is located near Yungaburra. [1] Its most valued features are its once regionally common, now endangered Mabi forests including a huge strangler fig which attracts up to 100 000 visitors per year, locally known as the Curtain Fig Tree, plus a near threatened, locally ...
Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as strangler fig. [3] It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia, and the South Pacific islands. [3] It grows in moist valleys. [4] Palms are favorable host species.