Ficus drupacea

{{short description|Species of plant in the family Moraceae}}

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| image = Ficus drupacea 10.JPG

| genus = Ficus

| parent = Ficus subg. Urostigma

| species = drupacea

| authority = Thunb.

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Ficus drupacea, also known as the brown-woolly fig{{Cite web|url=https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=FIDR3|title=Plants Profile for Ficus drupacea (brown-woolly fig)|website=plants.usda.gov|access-date=2018-07-20}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=507894#null|title=ITIS Standard Report Page: Ficus drupacea|website=www.itis.gov|access-date=2018-07-20}} or Mysore fig, is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia and Northeast Australia (it has been introduced into the New World tropics, including Puerto Rico).{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242322183|title=Ficus drupacea in Flora of China @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org|access-date=2018-07-20}} It is a strangler fig;{{Cite web|url=https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/Special-Pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=8138|title=National Parks Board, Singapore: Ficus drupacea|last=|first=|date=2013|website=NParks Flora & Fauna Web|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=July 19, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Urostigma/Subsection_Conosycea/Ficus_drupacea.htm|title=Ficus drupacea - FigWeb|website=www.figweb.org|access-date=2018-07-20}}{{cite web |title=Ficus drupacea |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/ficus_drupacea.htm |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants |publisher=Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) |access-date=28 February 2021}} it begins its life cycle as an epiphyte on a larger tree, which it eventually engulfs. Its distinctive features include dense, woolly pubescence, bright yellow to red fleshy fruit, and grayish white bark.{{Cite web|url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/f/ficudrup/ficudrup_en.html|title=Ficus drupacea - MORACEAE|website=www.biotik.org|access-date=2018-07-20}} It can reach heights of {{convert|10|–|30|m|ft|sp=us}}. Its fruit are eaten by pigeons, and it is pollinated by Eupristina belgaumensis. It occurs in environments ranging from sea-level beachfront environments to montane forests, up to {{convert|1000|m|ft|abbr=off}}.