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Moraceae
Moreton Bay Fig Flower
Ficus macrophylla
Grandeur and interconnection.
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Native to
- Australia
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- tree
- Height
- 50-200 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The flowers of the Moreton Bay fig are hidden inside a fleshy receptacle called a syconium, which develops into the fig fruit.
- A single mature Moreton Bay fig can have a canopy spread of over 200 feet across.
- Each tree is pollinated by a single species of tiny fig wasp that enters the syconium to lay eggs.
- The buttress roots of large specimens can extend over 30 feet from the trunk and buckle sidewalks and foundations.
- The famous Moreton Bay fig in Santa Barbara, California, planted in 1877, shades nearly an acre of ground.
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