Ficus triradiata

Taxobox
name = Ficus triradiata


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image_caption = "Ficus triradiata"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Urticales
familia = Moraceae
genus = "Ficus"
species = "F. triradiata"
binomial = "Ficus triradiata"
binomial_authority = Corner
synonyms = "Ficus triradiata" var. "sessilicarpa" Cornercite journal | quotes = no | last = Dixon | first = Dale J. | year = 2003 | title = A taxonomic revision of the Australian "Ficus" species in the section "Malvanthera" ("Ficus" subg. "Urostigma": Moraceae) | journal = Telopea | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 125–53 | url = http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/72713/Tel10Dix125.pdf ]

"Ficus triradiata", commonly known as the red stipule fig is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Description

"Ficus triradiata" is a monoecious tree which grows up to 25 m (82 ft) tall. Its leaves are 33–163 mm long (1.3–6.4 in) long and 10–66 mm (0.4–2.6 in) wide. Its syconia are cream, yellow, orange or pink in colour, 21–26 mm (0.8–1.0 in) long and 15–26 mm (0.6–1.0 in) in diameter. It begins life as a hemiepiphyte.

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