Family: Moraceae
Plant: A small spreading tree up to 4m high with densely hairy branches.
Flowers: Completely enclosed within a hairy fig-shaped receptacle up to 2cm long.
Fruit: Hairy, ovoid fig 2cm long, sometimes growing from trunk and initially green turning purple-black when mature.
Fruiting: January-June.
Leaves: Sandpaper-rough, ovate to oblong 5-10cm long and 2-5cm wide with prominent veins and sap present. The leaves are alternately arranged.
Habitat: Common in or near rainforest often along creeks.
Features: Sandpaper-like leaves. Fig fruit. A milky sap.
Name:
Ficus From Latin = fig
coronata From Latin = crowned (referring to the pointed segments around the entrance to the fig)
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Type |
Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
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Colour(s) |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
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Flowering Month |
- |
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Fruit |
Type |
Fig |
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Colour |
Green, Purple, Black |
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Other Features |
Fleshy, Hairy |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Rough |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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