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Climbing fig
Ficus pantoniana
About
Ficus pantoniana, commonly known as the climbing fig, is a species of fig tree, native to Australia. It is found in lowland rainforests on the Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. It is a woody climber which may reach 3–6 m in height. It was described by botanist George King in 1887 from a specimen collected in New Guinea, Ficus nugenti by Karel Domin in 1921, and F. scandens var. australis by Bailey are synonyms.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ficus pantoniana
- Slug
- ficus-pantoniana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- pantoniana
- Wikidata QID
- Q5446624
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
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