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Flowers attached to the inner wall of the invaginated floral axis (fig or syconium) Ficus

Shrub or tree, sometimes epiphytic and strangling in early stages

Leaves very scabrous on the upper surface. Aerial roots absent

Figs glabrous or slightly rough. Mature figs up to 2 cm diam. Leaves obovate to elliptic, 6–10 cm long. Erect shrub or small tree. Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle. Ficus fraseri