Common name: Strangling Fig
Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey APNI* 
Description: Large tree with widely buttressed stems, epiphytic and strangling.
Leaves elliptic, 10–25 cm long, 3–7 cm wide, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate, both surfaces green and shining, midvein yellowish; petiole 4–7 cm long; stipules 3–6 cm long, glabrous.
Figs ovoid to globose with a distinct apical nipple, 25–40 mm long, purple-black with paler spots when ripe; stalk 10–20 mm long; paired; inner part of fruit ovoid and hard, often found on the forest floor; ripe Sept.-Apr.
Distribution and occurrence: Common in low altitude rainforest of all types, north from the Williams R.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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