Ficus obliqua
Ficus obliqua, commonly known as the small-leaved fig, is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to eastern Australia, New Guinea, eastern Indonesia to Sulawesi and islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Previously known for many years as Ficus eugenioides, it is a banyan of the genus "Ficus", which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates, including the edible fig ("Ficus carica"). Beginning life as a seedling, which grows on other plants (epiphyte) or on rocks (lithophyte), "F. obliqua" can grow to high and nearly as wide with a pale grey buttressed trunk, and glossy green leaves.

The small round yellow fruit ripen and turn red at any time of year, although ripening peaks in autumn and winter (April to July). Known as a syconium, the fruit is an inverted inflorescence with the flowers lining an internal cavity. "Ficus obliqua" is pollinated by two species of fig wasp—"Pleistodontes greenwoodi" and "P. xanthocephalus". Many species of bird, including pigeons, parrots and various passerines, eat the fruit. The range is along the east coast from Queensland, through New South Wales in rainforest, savanna woodland, sclerophyll forest and gallery forest. It is used as a shade tree in parks and public spaces, and is well-suited for use as an indoor plant or in bonsai. All parts of the tree have been used in traditional medicine in Fiji.
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Moraceae
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Sulawesi
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banyan
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Ficus
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edible fig
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epiphyte
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Q1321691
lithophyte
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buttressed
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syconium
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inflorescence
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fig wasp
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Pleistodontes greenwoodi
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P. xanthocephalus
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Q25341
passerine
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Q36074
Queensland
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Q3224
New South Wales
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Q9444
rainforest
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Q42320
savanna
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Q766271
sclerophyll forest
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Q911190
gallery forest
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Q203834
indoor plant
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Q64365
bonsai
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Ficus obliqua
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