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Ficus crassipes

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Ficus crassipes, commonly known as the round-leaved banana fig is a fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It has large brownish cylindrical syconia.[1]

Description

Ficus crassipes is a monoecious tree which grows up to 20 m (66 ft) tall. Its leaves are 76–218 mm (3.0–8.6 in) long and 53–154 mm (2.1–6.1 in) wide. Its syconia are yellowish to orange-brown to purple in colour, 43–68 mm (1.7–2.7 in) long and 15–32 mm (0.59–1.26 in) in diameter. It begins life as a hemiepiphyte.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Dixon, Dale J. (2003). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae)" (PDF). Telopea. 10 (1): 125–53. doi:10.7751/telopea20035611. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2009.

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Ficus crassipes: Brief Summary

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Ficus crassipes, commonly known as the round-leaved banana fig is a fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It has large brownish cylindrical syconia.

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