Ficus virens
“White Fig”
TREE TO 30 METRES TALL (STRANGLING SPECIES)Fast growing shade tree forming aerial roots. Leaves to 19cm long are deciduous. White, pink or purple fruit is traditional bush tucker food source. New season leaves can be cooked as a vegetable. Attracts birds & is host to Common Crow butterfly.
| Suitability | |
|---|---|
| Category | Tall Trees: 10m & Over |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Aspect | Full Shade / Filtered Sun |
| Soil | Moist, Well-drained |
| Habitat | Dry Rainforest |
| Features | |
| Bird Attracting, Bush Food Plants, Butterfly Plants, Creek Species, Dry Tropics Native Plant Species, Frost Tolerant Plants, Shade Providing Trees | |
| Localities | |
| Albion, Alderley, Auchenflower, Ballymore, Bardon, Chelmer, Clayfield, Corinda, Cubberla Creek, Dorrington, Eagle Farm, Eagle Junction, Enoggera, Enoggera Catchment, Everton Park, Ferny Grove, Gaythorne, Graceville, Grovely, Hamilton, Hendra, Highgate Hill, Hill End, Indooroopilly, Ipswich area, Ironside, Ithaca, Kalinga, Keperra, Logan City, Mayne, Milton, Mitchelton, Newstead, Normanby, Oakleigh, Oxford Park, Oxley, Paddington, Petrie Tce, Pine Rivers, Rainworth, Red Hill, Rosalie, Sherwood, South Stradbroke Island, Sunshine Coast district, Taringa, Toombul, Toowong, Torwood, Windsor | |
