''Ficus lilliputiana'' is a
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 ...
that is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to the Kimberleys and Kununurra in northwestern
Australia. It was first described in 2001 by Australian botanist Dale J. Dixon.
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References
lilliputiana
Desert fruits
Drought-tolerant plants
Rosids of Western Australia
Rosales of Australia
Trees of Australia
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