[[5] Other common names are "figwood" and "watery fig".[1][2]]It grows as either a shrub or tree with height ranging from around 6 to 15 metres.[8][3]
Its leaves are 6 to 14 cm long and 2.5 to 6.5 cm wide on petioles that are 1 to 2 cm long.[8] The rounded figs are 1 to 1.5 cm long and start out yellow in colour, maturing to orange-red between May and February in the species native range.[8] They are edible, but insipid.[4]
In Australia, the species occurs from Tuggerah Lake in New South Wales, northwards to the Atherton Tableland in Queensland, [8][3] and rarely in the Northern Territory.[5]
The grey-headed flying fox feeds on the figs.[5]
Although rarely seen in cultivation, it is a fast-growing, ornamental species.[3] It can be easily propagated from seed.[3]
Distribution
Chew[5] states that F. fraseri is found in the Northern Territory, a statement repeated by Govaerts et. al.[. However, Harden (1990)[8] gives New South Wales and Queensland as the only Australian states where it is found. Botanists in Australia seem in little doubt about where it is found when the Australasian Virtual Herbarium data are consulted, giving a distribution map.[22] GBIF, unlike the Australian Plant Name Index and Plants of the World online, states that Ficus fraseri is a synonym of Ficus virens Aiton. However, Australian botanists clearly distinguish the two species. (See the occurrence map for F. virens.[23])]
Taxonomy
It was first described by Miquel in 1848.[2]
References
{{Portal|Trees}}{{commons category}}1. ^1 {{APNI | name = Ficus fraseri | id = 37046}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.endemia.nc/plante/fiche.php?code=4088|title=Ficus fraseri|work= Endémía – Faune & Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie|accessdate=2008-07-12}}
3. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|author= Nicholson, Nan & Hugh | title= Australian Rainforest Plants |publisher=Terania Rainforest Nursery|location=New South Wales | year=1985 | isbn=0958943605}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Low, T.| title=Wild Food Plants Of Australia| publisher=Angus & Robertson|location= Australia | year=1991 | isbn=0207169306}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://batcall.csu.edu.au/abs/pdffiles/p26ghff.pdf |format=PDF |title=Diet list for Grey-headed Flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus ' |publisher=Australasian Bat Society Inc. |date=July 2001 |accessdate=2008-07-12 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070831093115/http://batcall.csu.edu.au/abs/pdffiles/p26ghff.pdf |archivedate=2007-08-31 |df= }}
6. ^1 2 3 Chew, W.-L. 1989. {{cite web|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=38467|title=Flora of Australia online: Ficus fraseri'|publisher=Data derived from Flora of Australia volume 3, ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia|accessdate=2018-05-21}}
7. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~fraseri |title=Ficus fraseri Miq. |accessdate=2008-07-10 |author=|work= PlantNET – New South Wales Flora Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia}} }
8. ^1 2 Miquel, F.A.W. in Hooker, W.J. 1848. {{cite web|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/777309|title=Prodromus Monographiae Ficuum. London Journal of Botany 7: 235|accessdate=2018-05-21}}
9. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Ficus+fraseri#tab_mapView |title=AVH occurrence map: Ficus fraseri'|accessdate=2018-05-21}}
10. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Ficus+virens#tab_mapView |title=AVH occurrence map: Ficus virens'|accessdate=2018-05-21}}