- Pronunciation: FEE-cus (or FY-cus) FRASER-eye
- Common Name: Sandpaper Fig
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Derivation:
Ficus: L. ficus - the edible fig
fraseri: honours Charles Fraser (1788-1831), botanist, horticulturalist, collector, first Superintendent of Sydney Botanic Gardens. In 1828 he was insturcted to go north - Type: Tree
- Family: MORACEAE
- Size: 18 metres
- Flowers: Occur inside fig.
- Fruit: Yellow to red, turning black, 20 mm, in Axillary pairs, winter to spring
- Vegetation Type: Dry rainforests and along scrubby watercourses,
- Species List: Bush food, FI Podberscek, Fraser Island, Janet, Upper Yandina Creek, NNP Tanglewood, NNP Palm Grove, Kin Kin Scrub, Kin Kin Arboretum, Regional Ecosystem 12.3.1.
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
Bush food: Fruit edible
Identification Notes
Deciduous.
Leaves: Obovate to Ovate-elliptical, Simple, 6-12 cm, Blade stiff and sandpapery, green and sometimes glossy above. paler below; midrib and Lateral Veins prominent. 2 Veins extending from base to half length of Leaf. Leaf often Lobed in juvenile plants. Petiole slender 5-12 mm.
Stipule: short rolled.
Branchlets: rough but not hairy
Clear watery Latex present,
Landscaping Notes
Requires moisture.
Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery
Associated Fauna
Fruit relished by birds and bats.
