- Ficus platypoda
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Ficus platypoda 
Ficus platypoda Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Rosales Family: Moraceae Genus: Ficus Species: F. platypoda Binomial name Ficus platypoda
(Miq.) A. Cunn. ex Miq.Ficus platypoda, commonly known as the desert fig or rock fig, is a fig that is endemic to central and northern Australia, and Indonesia. The fruit can be eaten when soft and ripe.[1] Horticulturally, it is suitable for use in bonsai; its tendency to form a wide trunk base and small leaves being attractive features.[2] Specimens have been exhibited in at the 5th Annual Exhibition of Australian Native Plants as Bonsai in Canberra in November 2007.[3]
References
- ^ Lindsay, Lenore (March 1992). "Fancy a feast? Try a fig.". Australian Plants 16 (130): 251–52.
- ^ Koreshoff, Dorothy and Vita (1984). Bonsai with Australian native Plants. Brisbane: Boolarong Publications. pp. 52. ISBN 0-908175-663.
- ^ Hnatiuk, Roger (2008). "APAB-N Gallery No. 5". ASGAP Australian Plants As Bonsai Study Group Newsletter (13): 13–14.
Categories:- Ficus sect. Malvanthera
- Desert fruit
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Flora of Queensland
- Flora of Indonesia
- Fruits originating in Asia
- Plants used in bonsai
- Rosids of Western Australia
- Rosales of Australia
- Trees of Australia
- Garden plants of Asia
- Garden plants of Australia
- Ornamental trees
- Moraceae stubs
- Fruit tree stubs
- Australian rosid stubs
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