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Ficus macrophylla

Moreton Bay Fig

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Moreton Bay Fig, Australian Banyan

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE e.Australia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Not naturalised; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: Ornamental leaves

KEY FEATURES: Requires a specific fig wasp, Pleistodontes froggatti, to naturalise.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
+
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
-
-
-
-
-
-

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Scientific Taxonomy

Ficus macrophylla Desf.
SYNONYMS: Ficus rarotongensis [sensu GW]

TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); HAMAMELIDAE; Urticales; MORACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
p.309 Neal - In Gardens of Hawaii
p.478 Hortus 3rd
p.471 Royal Hort. Soc. Index of Garden Plants
p.652 Tropica
p.41 Wilder - Flora of Rarotonga

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM02, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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