Ficus aspera

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{{short description|Species of fig}}

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|name = Mosaic fig

|image = Ficus aspera kz3.JPG

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|genus = Ficus

|parent = Ficus subg. Sycidium

|species = aspera

|authority = G.Forst.

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• Artocarpus cannonii W. Bull ex Van Houtte
• Ficus aspera var. aspera G. Forst.
• Ficus cannonii (W. Bull ex Van Houtte) N. E. Br.
• Ficus parcellii H.J.Veitch ex Cogn. & Marchal
• Ficus aspera f. parcellii (H.J.Veitch ex Cogn. & Marchal) J.E.Burrows{{cite web|title=Ficus aspera f. parcellii|url=https://www.ipni.org/n/77062515-1|work=International Plant Names Index (IPNI)|access-date=February 14, 2020}}

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|synonyms_ref ={{cite web|title=Ficus aspera G.Forst.|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2809542|work=The Plant List, A working list of all plant species|access-date=February 14, 2020}}

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Ficus aspera, the mosaic fig, a plant native to Vanuatu in the south Pacific region. The plant first appeared in scientific literature in 1786, published by the German botanist Georg Forster, from a specimen collected from Tanna Island. The mosaic fig is used as an ornamental plant. The fruit are cauliflorous (fruit forming from their main stems or woody trunks rather than from new growth and shoots). It is also called the clown fig.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}