Ficus crassipes
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| Round-leaved Banana Fig | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. crassipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus crassipes F.M.Bailey | |
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 long (3–9 in) long and 53–154 mm (2–6 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 (0.6–1.3 in) in diameter. It begins life as a hemiepiphyte.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
External links
- "Ficus coronata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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