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Ficus frazeri

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(Sandpaper Fig, Frazer’s Fig)

FAMILY	Moraceae
Species	Ficus frazeri
Common name(s)	Sandpaper Fig, Frazer’s Fig
Flower colour: life form	Fig green to purple; tree
Campus	Cairns

Description

This deciduous fig has a watery-whitish exudate. Leaves feel sandpapery on both sides; to 14 x 6.5 cm; stipules 3-5 mm long. Figs pedunculate, axillary, ovoid 20 x 17 mm, green to purple.