This native tree
is commonly known as
small-leaved fig.
Ficus
obliqua
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Moraceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
A strangling fig, at first epiphytic and then forming a massive trunk of coalesced roots, widely buttressed at the base; bark grey or greyish brown, very thin, almost smooth with horizontal lines of elongated lenticels. Latex milky, present in young stems and petioles when cut or broken. Buds and young stems hairless or sparsely hairy with spreading. Leaves usually 3–9 cm long and 1–4 cm wide, apex obtuse to acute, base cuneate, margins entire, only moderately thick, both surfaces green and hairless (Gwen Harden, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame, John Williams. 2014. Rainforest Plants of Australia).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 29 Fraser Coast localities: Pacific Haven, Craignish, Toogoom, Aldershot, Duckinwilla, Urraween, K'gari, Howard, Dundowran Beach, Point Vernon, Pialba, Burrum Heads, Yengarie, Gigoomgan, Bauple, Teddington, River Heads, Magnolia, Malarga, Boompa, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tinana, Urangan, Doongul, Eli Waters, St Mary, Maryborough, Boonooroo Plains.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
