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Brown-woolly fig or Mysore fig

Ficus drupacea

Brown-woolly fig or Mysore fig

About

Ficus drupacea, also known as the brown-woolly fig or Mysore fig, is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia and Northeast Australia (it has been introduced into the New World tropics, including Puerto Rico). It is a strangler fig; it begins its life cycle as an epiphyte on a larger tree, which it eventually engulfs. Its distinctive features include dense, woolly pubescence, bright yellow to red fleshy fruit, and grayish white bark. It can reach heights...

Family
Moraceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Ficus drupacea
Slug
ficus-drupacea
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
drupacea
Wikidata QID
Q2886717
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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