Ficus congesta var. congesta
red-leafed fig at Mossman Gorge, QLD
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| Ficus congesta var. congesta | JasonPStewart | 13 Dec 2025 | |
| Ficus congesta var. congesta | JasonPStewart | 13 Dec 2025 |
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_Ficus congesta_ tree(s) .
Healthy tropical lowland creek riverine rain forest, mid.–storey tree(s), foliage, including bright red new growing leaves, figs –fruits growing towards ripe-ness and young ones evidently with internal flowering, inflorescences' branches extensively branched and some long carrying these growing figs including some big bunches, canopy and habit (shown here) .
Mossman Gorge, community side of the Yilgi Jalbu–jalbu downstream of the road .
2017 October 11th 2:35–2:39 pm .
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Location information
- Places Mossman Gorge, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- Less than 50cm Circumference of trunk
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Yes Fruiting
- Yes Fruits growing still, ≥95% unripe
- Yes New shoots growth prominent, incl. colourful
- Yes In flower
Collections
- Au rain forest and swamp forest plants, incl. phenology – JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Ficus congesta Other Trees Plants
Species information
- Ficus congesta var. congesta Scientific name
- red-leafed fig Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 20.8m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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