Ficus scobina Bentham

(Sandpaper fig)

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Sycidium; Section: Sycidium)

Distribution

Northern Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory and Western Australia).

Biology

Pollinator: unknown.

Habitat

Small tree 3-8 meters high, with very coarse sand-papery leaves, occurs in dry monsoonal rainforest or gallery forest.

Credits

Photographs © Greg Calvert (Townsville, Australia).

Ficus asperifolia Miquel

Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

Citation: van Noort, S. & Rasplus, JY. 2024. Figweb: figs and fig wasps of the world. URL: www.figweb.org(Accessed on <day-month-year>).

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