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Ficus opposita
Also called Sweet Fig, Sweet Sandpaper Fig, Watery Fig, Sandpaper Fig, Sandpiper Fig
Ficus opposita is a fig species from the fig and mulberry family, grown as a shrub or small tree in warm, wet climates. It is closely related to other sandpaper figs and is valued for its edible, sweet fruit.
Ficus opposita is one of several fig species commonly known as sandpaper figs. Other common names include sweet sandpaper fig, sweet fig and the ambiguous "figwood" and "watery fig". It is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian island of Java, and to Queensland in Australia.
It grows as either a shrub or small tree.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
