Ficus fraseri  

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids  > Moraceae > Ficus fraseri

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Plant  information

Common name:                 White Sandpaper Fig 

• Also, shiny sandpaper fig, figwood and watery fig

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• See fruit

Fruit:                         

•  The rounded figs are 1 to 1.5 cm long and start out yellow in colour

• Maturing to orange-red between May and February in the species' native range

• They are edible, but insipid

Leaves:         

• Its leaves are 6 to 14 cm long and 2.5 to 6.5 cm wide on petioles that are 1 to 2 cm long

Stem & branches:      

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It grows as either a shrub or tree with height ranging from around 6 to 15 m

Habitat:   

Distribution:                  

• It is native to New South Wales, Queensland and the NT  

• Also New Caledonia and Vanuatu

• In Australia, the species occurs from Tuggerah Lake in NSW, northwards to the Atherton Tableland in Queensland, and rarely in the NT

Additional notes:     

• The grey-headed flying fox feeds on the figs

• Although rarely seen in cultivation, it is a fast-growing, ornamental species

• It can be easily propagated from seed

• Taxonomy

  • It was first described by Miquel in 1848

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_fraseri (2023)