This article is about a species of fig. For the banana cultivar known as 'Fig Banana', see Lady Finger Banana.
Ficus pleurocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Moraceae
Genus:
Ficus
Species:
F. pleurocarpa
Binomial name
Ficus pleurocarpa
F.Muell.
Synonyms
Ficus cylindrica Warb.[1]
Ficus pleurocarpa, commonly known as the banana fig, karpe fig or gabi fig,[2] is a fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland, Australia. It has characteristic ribbed orange and red cylindrical syconia.[1] It begins life as a hemiepiphyte, later becoming a tree up to 25 m (82 ft) tall. F. pleurocarpa is one of the few figs known to be pollinated by more than one species of fig wasp.
^ abDixon, Dale J. (2003). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Ficus species in the section Malvanthera (Ficus subg. Urostigma: Moraceae)" (PDF). Telopea. 10 (1): 125–53. doi:10.7751/telopea20035611. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-04.
^"Bush Tucker of the Wet Tropics" (PDF). Rainforest Explorer. Wet Tropics Management Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
Ficuspleurocarpa, commonly known as the banana fig, karpe fig or gabi fig, is a fig that is endemic to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern Queensland...
and recognised two forms: Ficus macrophylla f. macrophylla, a free-standing tree endemic to mainland Australia; and Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris,...
wasp which is native to Australia. It has an obligate mutualism with Ficuspleurocarpa, the fig species it pollinates. Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Dixon, Dale...
wasp which is native to Australia. It has an obligate mutualism with Ficuspleurocarpa, the fig species it pollinates. Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Dixon, Dale...
coauthors suggested that the host is likely to be Ficus crassipes, F. watkinsiana, F. triradiata or F. pleurocarpa. Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos; Dixon, Dale J.; Cook...
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