Ficus crassipes
{{short description|Species of Australian plant known as the round-leaved banana fig}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Ficus crassipes.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Ficus
| parent = Ficus subg. Urostigma
| species = crassipes
| authority = F.M.Bailey
}}
Ficus crassipes, commonly known as the round-leaved banana fig is a fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It has large brownish cylindrical syconia.{{cite journal|last=Dixon |first=Dale J. |year=2003 |title=A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae) |journal=Telopea |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=125–53 |doi=10.7751/telopea20035611 |url=http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/72713/Tel10Dix125.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004221118/http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/72713/Tel10Dix125.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2009 }}
Description
Ficus crassipes is a monoecious tree which grows up to {{convert|20|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. Its leaves are {{convert|76|–|218|mm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|53|–|154|mm|in|abbr=on}} wide. Its syconia are yellowish to orange-brown to purple in colour, {{convert|43|–|68|mm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15|–|32|mm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter. It begins life as a hemiepiphyte.
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External links
- {{APNI | name = Ficus coronata | id = 36712}}
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