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Ficus watkinsiana
Also called Green Leaved Moreton Bay Fig, Watkins Fig, Green Leaf Moreton Bay Fig, Grey Leaf Moreton Bay Fig, Nipple Fig, Strangler Fig, Strangling Fig
Watkins' fig is a large rainforest strangler fig native to eastern Australia, often starting as a hemiepiphyte on other trees before growing into a big tree. It is grown as a specimen or shade tree in warm, frost-free gardens and rarely as a houseplant.
Ficus watkinsiana, commonly known as Watkins' fig, nipple fig or the green-leaved Moreton Bay fig is a rainforest strangler fig that is endemic to Australia. It occurs in two populations—one in northeast Queensland and the other in southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales. It was first described in 1891, and has the conservation status of Least Concern.
Ficus watkinsiana occurs in two disjunct populations: one is found in northeastern Queensland from the Windsor Tablelands southwards to the area around Paluma Range National Park, the other population occurs from near Bundaberg, Queensland, to about Lismore, New South Wales.
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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.
