Ficus Carpentariensis
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Ficus carpentariensis'' is a species of
fig The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ...
tree, native to Australia. It is one of around thirteen Australian species in section Sycidium commonly referred to as Sandpaper figs. It is named after the Carpentaria region and was thought to be endemic to Northern Australia. It has since been reported that the species may be a collection of hybrid individuals2. Wilde et al. (2020)
First example of hybridisation between two Australian figs (Moraceae).
Australian Systematic Botany 33(5):436-445.
and can occur anywhere the parent species '' Ficus aculeata'' and '' Ficus coronulata'' co occur, this includes the tropics of Western Australia and Northern Australia.


References

carpentariensis Rosales of Australia Trees of Australia Flora of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory {{Moraceae-stub