Ficus triradiata

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|genus = Ficus

|species = triradiata

|authority = Corner

|synonyms = Ficus triradiata var. sessilicarpa Corner{{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 triradiata, commonly known as the red stipule fig, is a hemiepiphytic fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia.

Description

Ficus triradiata is a monoecious tree which grows up to {{convert|25|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. Its leaves are {{convert|33|–|163|mm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|10|–|66|mm|in|abbr=on}} wide. Its syconia are cream, yellow, orange or pink in colour, {{convert|21|–|26|mm|in|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15|–|26|mm|in|abbr=on}} in diameter. It begins life as a hemiepiphyte.

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Category:Trees of Australia

Category:Flora of Queensland

triradiata

Category:Rosales of Australia

Category:Epiphytes

Category:Taxa named by E. J. H. Corner

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