Ficus L. >

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 smooth on the upper surface. Aerial shoots present. Epiphytes or on rocks in early stages (“Strangler Figs”)

Leaves ± rust-coloured underneath, glabrous on the upper surface

Leaves ovate-elliptic to oblong, 10–25 cm long, 7–10 cm wide, glabrous on both surfaces; petioles mostly 5–10 cm long. Mature figs nearly globular or slightly pyriform, purplish, 18–25 mm diam.; peduncles 8–12 mm long. Large spreading tree. Coast; Woronora Plateau; Illawarra ranges. RF. Planted in many places. Moreton Bay Fig Ficus macrophyllamacrophylla