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Ficus albipila
Also called Rocket fig, Abbey Fig, Poison Fig
Ficus albipila, the abbey tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to India, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, Borneo, and Queensland, Australia, or more succinctly, Malesia. It is a widespread rainforest tree reaching 45 m (148 ft). It is also known as the abbey or poison fig, and sometimes the rocket fig. In Thailand, it is also called the bee fig, due to the fact that giant honeybees (Apis dorsata) often hang their hives from its branches. The tree is known to "have tall straight white trunks with large buttresses and are best identified by the (fallen) fruit and leaves." They have been known to live as high as 270 m (890 ft) of altitude. It can grow up to 25 m (82 ft) wide. It has a gray and green trunk, with leaves up to 14 cm (5.5 in) long and up to 10 cm (3.9 in) wide.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus albipila by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
