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Rock fig, rusty fig

Ficus rubiginosa, Fam. Moraceae


Small to large tree with a spreading canopy, can be a strangler. Monoecious.

Weed Category:
Weed: No
Form or habit: Small tree, Med tree, Large Tree
Family: Moraceae
Leaf: Simple Alternate
Simple, alternate, entire, ovate, elliptic or occasionally obovate, 4-19 x 1-13cm. Petiole 0.7-8cm long with stipules 2-7cm or more. Thick texture; green and sometimes hairy above but rusty hairy below (from where its common name is derived).
Flower conspicuous: Inconspicuous
Flower colour:
Flower description: Flowers are enclosed within the fig itself and generally pollinated by specific wasps.
Fruit conspicuous: Conspicuous
Fruit colour:

Purple, Orange, Yellow, Red

Fruit: Fleshy
Fruit description: Figs are 0.7-2cm in diameter warty or dotted. Yellow or orange turning red and sometimes purple when ripe; any month.
Habitat: Beach scrub, gallery (riverine or riparian) forest, littoral rainforest, open forest, woodland.
Distribution Qld and NSW.
Food source for: Fruit eaten by a large range of birds. Larval food plant of the Common Crow and Moonbeam Butterflies and native Fig Moth.
Toxicity: No toxicity known
Origin: Australia
Notes:
Information sources: Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia.

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