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Moreton Bay fig

Ficus macrophylla

The Moreton Bay fig is a big, beautiful tree with wide branches and large, glossy leaves. It can grow very tall and provides shade for people and animals alike.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

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The Moreton Bay fig has a colossal, spreading canopy of glossy, dark green leaves atop a massive trunk with dramatic buttress roots. Its bark is smooth grey, and it produces small, purple-red figs hidden amongst the foliage, often with aerial roots descending from branches.

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Moreton Bay fig

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Each fig you see is actually hundreds of tiny flowers growing on the inside!

Its strong roots can grow so thick and wide they look like giant walls around the tree!

Some Moreton Bay figs can weigh as much as 10 elephants, making them super heavy!

This tree's leaves stay green all year long, providing constant shade and beauty!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Rooty Support

Moreton Bay fig has enormous buttress roots that provide incredible stability for its giant size, preventing it from toppling over.

Fähigkeit

Host Hugger

This fig can grow as a 'strangler' by germinating on other trees, sending roots down to the ground, eventually outcompeting its host for light.

Fähigkeit

Wasp Partner

Moreton Bay fig has a special partnership with a tiny fig wasp that helps it reproduce by pollinating its unique, inside-out flowers (figs).

Maße und Details

Höhe
30-60 m
Canopy Spread
30-60 m
Essbar
Ja
Trunk Diameter
100-2000 cm
Lebenserwartung
100-300 Jahre
Fruit Type
Fig (syconium)
Growth Rate
Mittel
Leaf Type
Evergreen

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Moreton Bay Fig Wasp

Pleistodontes imperialis

essential for reproduction

eats

Grey-headed Flying Fox

Pteropus poliocephalus

consumes figs, disperses seeds

eats

Brown Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia phasianella

feeds on figs, helps dispersal

eats

Emerald Dove

Chalcophaps longirostris

relies on figs for food

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Stay on paths and don't climb trees without an adult's help.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Moreton Bay fig?

30-60 m

Was ist der/die/das canopy Spread von Moreton Bay fig?

30-60 m

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Moreton Bay fig?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das trunk Diameter von Moreton Bay fig?

100-2000 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Moreton Bay fig?

100-300 Jahre

Wo findet man Moreton Bay fig normalerweise?

Urban areas

Was ist der/die/das fruit Type von Moreton Bay fig?

Fig (syconium)

Was ist der/die/das growth Rate von Moreton Bay fig?

Mittel

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