General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Plant Height: 50 to 100 feet or more
Leaves: Evergreen
Fruit: Other: 1 to 2 inch green figs, maturing to purplish-black, with spots.
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Shade Tree
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Wasps
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Strangler Fig
  • Green-Leaved Moreton Bay Fig

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Location: Central Coast Wetlands/Pioneer Dairy, N.S.W., Australia
Date: 2013-12-08

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