Ficus subpuberula

{{Short description|Species of fig}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |author2=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |year=2019 |title=Ficus subpuberula |volume=2019 |page=e.T146605142A146621493 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146605142A146621493.en |access-date=4 October 2024}}

|genus = Ficus

|species = subpuberula

|authority = Corner

|synonyms = Urostigma puberulum Miq.

Ficus puberula (Miq.) Miq.{{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 = 2009-10-04 }}

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Ficus subpuberula is a lithophytic fig that is endemic to Australia. It ranges from extreme western Queensland, through the Northern Territory, into Western Australia.

Description

Ficus subpuberula is a monoecious tree which grows up to {{convert|13|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. Its leaves are {{cvt|27|–|143|mm|in}} long and {{cvt|11|–|68|mm|in}} wide. Its syconia are yellow, orange or red in colour, {{cvt|10|–|24|mm|in}} long and {{cvt|9|–|23|mm|in}} in diameter.

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