Ficus virgata


Ficus virgata, commonly known as figwood, is a tree in the family Moraceae, native to areas of Southeast Asia and the western Pacific. It usually grows as a strangler on other trees, eventually smothering and killing its host, but may also grow on its own. In Australia it is found from Kutini-Payamu National Park in the northern part of Cape York Peninsula, south along the east coast to Paluma Range National Park, at altitudes from sea level up to about. It was named by Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1825.

Conservation

, this species has been assessed to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act.