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Moraceae

Moreton Bay fig

Ficus macrophylla Pers.

Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Moreton Bay fig: A Moreton Bay Fig, planted in 1850 (155 years old when photographed), near the Art Gallery of New South Wales, in The Domain, Sydney , photographed by DO'Neil .
Photo: User DO'Neil on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)
Afrikaans
Australiese baniaan
Arabic
تين كبير الأوراق
arz
تين كبير الاوراق
Chinese
大叶无花果, 大葉無花果, 澳洲大叶榕
English
Moreton Bay fig, Australian banyan
French
Figuier de la baie de Moreton
German
Großblättrige Feige
Norwegian Bokmål
Magnoliafikus
Persian
انجیر برگدرشت
Polish
Figowiec wielkolistny
Swedish
Magnoliafikus
Tongan
ʻOvava

Synonyms

  • Ficus angladei C.E.C.Fisch.
  • Ficus huegelii Kunth & Bouche.
  • Ficus macrocarpa Hügel ex Miq.
  • Ficus macrophylla f. stenophylla Domin
  • Ficus magnolioides Borzì
  • Ficus squamellosa Miq.
  • Urostigma huegelii (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
  • Urostigma macrophyllum (Pers.) Miq.
  • Urostigma squamellosum Miq.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.