Ficus fraseri —Creek Sandpaper Fig—MORACEAE
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Habitat—Scattered through drier rainforest, also in littoral and riverine rainforest; Distribution—North from Tuggerah Lake, New South Wales and Queensland. Description—: Shrub to medium-sized tree, scabrous but otherwise mostly glabrous. Local occurrences—
Black Head,
Black Head Flora Park,
Booti Hill,
Cape Hawke,
Cellito,
Charlotte Head,
Diamond Beach,
Dixon Property,
Elizabeth Beach,
Forster/Tuncurry Streets,
Golden Ponds Reserve,
Little Street,
One Mile Beach,
Red Head,
Saltwater Nature Reserve,
Sea Acres National Park,
The Islands and
Tonie's Gully
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Leaves.— Simple, alternate, with pointed rolled stipules, leaves sandpapery above, sap watery or slightly milky; ovate to elliptic or obovate, mostly 6 to 14 cm long, 2.5 to 6.5 cm wide, margins often lobed on young growth, otherwise entire, base often cuneate; both surfaces scabrous; petiole mostly 1 to 2 cm long; stipules 0.3 to 0.5 cm long, finely hairy. |
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Fruit—Figs ellipsoid, 10 to 15 mm long, yellow turning orange—red; stalk 5 to 10 mm long; paired or clustered in axils of leaves. Ripe.—May to February. |