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Ficus platypoda
“Rock Fig”

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TREE TO 8 METRES TALLSmall spreading tree often seen clinging to rocky outcrops. Leathery foliage & edible yellow/red fruit in March/July is important Aboriginal food source & attracts butterflies and birds. Good park tree. Hardy and adaptable.

Suitability
Category	Small Trees up to 10m
Family	Moraceae
Aspect	Full Shade / Filtered Sun
Soil	Moist
Habitat	Dry Sclerophyll Forest
Features
Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Fire Retardant plants, Frost Tolerant Plants, Shade Providing Trees
Localities
Enoggera Catchment, Ipswich area, Pine Rivers, South Stradbroke Island
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)