Ficus virgata
| Figwood | |
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| Growing in the Cairns Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Ficus |
| Species: | F. virgata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ficus virgata | |
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20 Synonyms
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Ficus virgata, commonly known as figwood, is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to areas of Southeast Asia and the western Pacific. It usually grows as a strangler on other trees, eventually smothering and killing its host, but may also grow on its own. In Australia it is found from Kutini-Payamu National Park in the northern part of Cape York Peninsula, south along the east coast to Paluma Range National Park, at altitudes from sea level up to about 400 m (1,300 ft). It was named by Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.[4][5]
Conservation
[edit]As of January 2025[update], this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.[6][1]
Gallery
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Foliage -
Foliage and fruits -
Young plant, growing in the fork of a larger tree
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Species profile—Ficus virgata". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ "Ficus virgata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ a b "Ficus virgata Reinw. ex Blume". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Ficus virgata". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Chew, W.-L.; Kodela, P.G. (2022). Kodela, P.G. (ed.). "Ficus virgata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ de Kok, R. (2024). "Ficus virgata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T198112047A203234156. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T198112047A203234156.en. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
External links
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Data related to Ficus virgata at Wikispecies
Media related to Ficus virgata at Wikimedia Commons- View a map of historical sightings of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- View images of this species on Flickriver
