Ficus coronata

Ficus coronata

Ficus coronata
“Creek Sandpaper Fig”

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TREE TO 8 METRES TALLLeaves have sand-paper like texture & are up to 13cm long, ripe figs grow along trunk & branch axis and are sweet & tasty and attract birds. Host to Common Moonbeam & Purple Moonbeam butterfly.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Moraceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable, Moist
Habitat	Dry Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Creek Species, Edible Fruit Plants, Fire Retardant plants, Flying Fox Food Plants, Indoor Plants, Rainforest Garden Plants
Localities
Bellbowrie, Cubberla Creek, Enoggera Catchment, Ipswich area, Jamboree Heights, Logan City, Middle Park, Moggill, Mt Ommaney, Pine Rivers, River Hills, South Stradbroke Island, Sunshine Coast district, Upper Brisbane Valley - Water courses
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Common Crow (Euploea corinna), common Moonbeam (Philiris innotatus)
Fruit & Berry Food source for Birds Below
Australian King-parrot (Alisterus scapularis), Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), Brown Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella), Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae), Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), Crimson Rosella (Platycercus elegans), Lewin's Honeyeater (Meliphaga lewinii), Little Lorikeet (Parvipsitta pusilla), Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus), Pacific Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps longirostris), Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus), Rose-crowned Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus regina), Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (Trichoglossus chlorolepidotus), Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis), Superb Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus superbus), Swift Parrot (Lathamus discolor), Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), White-headed Pigeon (Columba leucomela), Wompoo Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus magnificus), Wonga Pigeon (Leucosarcia melanoleuca)