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| Common names: | Australian banyan (English) Moreton Bay fig (English) |
| Description: | Tree to 25 m. Trunk grey with prominent buttresses and raised roots running along the surface. Leaves: petiole 10-15 cm long; lamina large, 11-23 × 7.5-12.5 cm, elliptic to slightly ovate, shiny green above, reddish-brown beneath; apex acute. Peduncle stout up to 15 mm long. Fruit spherical to somewhat ovoid, 13-25 mm, solitary in the leaf axils, maroon-red with yellowish irregular spots when mature, glabrous. |
| Notes: | Rarely planted in Harare gardens. |
| Derivation of specific name: | macrophylla: from Greek macro meaning large and phyllon a leaf). |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Burrows, S.M. (2003). Figs of Southern and South-Central Africa Umdaus Press, South Africa Pages 266 - 269. (Includes a picture). |