Ficus fraseri

Image of Ficus frazeri

(Sandpaper Fig, Fraser’s Fig)

FAMILY

Moraceae

Species

Ficus fraseri

Common name(s)

Sandpaper Fig, Fraser’s Fig

Flower colour: life form

Fig green to purple; tree

Campus

Cairns

Description

This deciduous fig has a watery-whitish exudate. Leaves feel sandpapery on both sides; to 14 x 6.5 cm; stipules 3-5 mm long. Figs pedunculate, axillary, ovoid 20 x 17 mm, green to purple.