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Small-leaved fig

Ficus obliqua

Small-leaved fig

About

Ficus obliqua, commonly known as the small-leaved fig, is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Australia, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia to Sulawesi and islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Previously known for many years as Ficus eugenioides, it is a banyan of the genus Ficus, which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig (Ficus carica). Beginning life as a seedling, which grows on other plants (epiphyte) or on...

Family
Moraceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Ficus obliqua
Slug
ficus-obliqua
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
obliqua
Wikidata QID
Q5146165
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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