- Ficus fraseri
Taxobox
name = Sandpaper Fig
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Urticales
familia =Moraceae
genus = "Ficus "
species = "F. fraseri"
binomial = "Ficus fraseri"
binomial_authority =Miq.
synonyms =
*"Ficus aspera" var. "subglabra" Benth.
*"Ficus subglabra" (Benth.) F.Muell.
*"Ficus stenocarpa" F.Muell. ex Benth.
*"Ficus stephanocarpa" var. "subglabra" (Benth.) Maiden & Betche"Ficus fraseri" is one of several
fig species commonly known asSandpaper Fig s. It is native toNew South Wales andQueensland inAustralia andNew Caledonia .cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~fraseri |title="Ficus fraseri" Miq.
accessdate=2008-07-10 |author=|work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia }] Other common names incude White Sandpaper Fig, Figwood and Watery Fig.APNI | name = "Ficus fraseri" | id = 37046] [cite web|url=http://www.endemia.nc/plante/fiche.php?code=4088|title="Ficus fraseri"|work= Endémía - Faune & Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie|accessdate=2008-07-12]It grows as either a shrub or tree with height ranging from around 6 to 15 metres.cite book|author= Nicholson, Nan & Hugh | title= Australian Rainforest Plants |publisher=Terania Rainforest Nursery|location=New South Wales | year=
1985 | id=ISBN 0958943605] Its leaves are 6 to 14 cm long and 2.5 to 6.5 cm wide on petioles that are 1 to 2 cm long. The rounded figs are 1 to 1.5 cm long and start out yellow in colour, maturing to orange-red between May and February in the species native range. They are edible, but insipid.cite book|author=Low, T.| title=Wild Food Plants Of Australia| publisher=Angus & Robertson|location= Australia | year=1991 | id=ISBN 0207169306]In Australia, the species occurs from
Tuggerah Lake in New South Wales, northwards to theAtherton Tableland in Queensland.The
grey-headed flying fox feeds on the figs. [cite web|url=http://batcall.csu.edu.au/abs/pdffiles/p26ghff.pdf|title=Diet list for Grey-headed Flying-fox "Pteropus poliocephalus" '|publisher=Australasian Bat Society Inc. |date=July 2001|accessdate=2008-07-12]Although rarely seen in cultivation, it is a fast growing, ornamental species. It can be easily propagated from seed.
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