Ficus obliqua
“Small Leaved Fig”

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TREE TO 30 METRES TALLLarge tree with buttressed trunk and a broad, dense canopy of smooth dark green leaves. Small yellow/orange fruit in autumn & winter is edible but is most attractive to birds and flying-foxes. Larval host plant for Common Crow butterfly. Can be grown as a strangler fig.

Suitability
Category	Tall Trees: 10m & Over
Family	Moraceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Adaptable, Moist
Habitat	Sub-Tropical Rainforest
Features
Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Clay Tolerant Species, Creek Species, Drought Tolerant Species, Flying Fox Food Plants, Frost Tolerant Plants, Seaside Plantings, Shade Providing Trees
Localities
Albion, Ballymore, Balmoral, Banyo, Belmont, Bowen Hills, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Cannon Hill, Capalaba West, Carseldine, Chelmer, Chermside West, Clayfield, Coorparoo, Corinda, Cubberla Creek, Dutton Park, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, East Brisbane, Ekibin, Enoggera Catchment, Fitzgibbon, Fortitude Valley, Fruitgrove, Gordon Park, Graceville, Grange, Greenslopes, Hamilton, Hendra, Herston, Holland Park, Ipswich area, Kalinga, Kangaroo Point, Kelvin Grove, Logan City, Lutwyche, Mayne, McDowall, Morningside, New Farm, Newmarket, Newstead, Norman Park, Northgate, Oxley, Pine Rivers, Runcorn, Sherwood, Spring Hill, Stafford, Stafford Heights, Stones Corner, Sunshine Coast district, Taigum, Tarragindi, Teneriffe, Toombul, Underwood, Wellers Hill, Westlake, Whites Hill, Wilston, Windsor, Zillmere
Host Plant For These Butterflies
Common Crow (Euploea corinna)
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)

Ficus obliqua“Small Leaved Fig”

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