Ficus platypoda
| Ficus platypoda | |
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| Ficus platypoda | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. platypoda |
| Binomial name | |
| Ficus platypoda (Miq.) A. Cunn. ex Miq. | |
Ficus platypoda, commonly known as the desert fig or rock fig, is a fig that is endemic to central and northern Australia, and Indonesia. The fruit can be eaten when soft and ripe.[1] Horticulturally, it is suitable for use in bonsai; its tendency to form a wide trunk base and small leaves being attractive features.[2] Specimens have been exhibited in at the 5th Annual Exhibition of Australian Native Plants as Bonsai in Canberra in November 2007.[3]
Ficus platypoda ripening fruit
References
- ↑ Lindsay, Lenore (March 1992). "Fancy a feast? Try a fig.". Australian Plants 16 (130): 251–52.
- ↑ Koreshoff, Dorothy and Vita (1984). Bonsai with Australian native Plants. Brisbane: Boolarong Publications. p. 52. ISBN 0-908175-66-3.
- ↑ Hnatiuk, Roger (2008). "APAB-N Gallery No. 5". ASGAP Australian Plants As Bonsai Study Group Newsletter (13): 13–14.