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Australian banyan trunk and buttress root detail Also commonly known as Moreton Bay figs, identifiable by their large buttress roots and purple fruits. These grow to be enormous trees up to 60 m - this one estimated to be 35 metres in height. As this is a strangler fig, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree and the seedling lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground.<br /> <br /> Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps - figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can <br /> only reproduce in fig flowers.<br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71724/australian_banyan.html" title="Australian banyan"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3314/71724_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2B7En8GWaD3WrVbSbdVNrxBO0VXM%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Australian banyan Also commonly known as Moreton Bay figs, identifiable by their large buttress roots and purple fruits. These grow to be enormous trees up to 60 m - this one estimated to be 35 metres in height. As this is a strangler fig, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree and the seedling lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground.<br /> <br /> Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps - figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can only reproduce in fig flowers.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/102110/australian_banyan_buttress_root_detail.html Australia,Australian banyan,Buttress roots,Ficus macrophylla,Flora,Geotagged,Moraceae,Moreton Bay fig,Rosales,Spring,Strangler fig,Tree,botany,new south wales" /></a></figure> Australia,Australian banyan,Botany,Buttress roots,Ficus macrophylla,Flora,Geotagged,Moraceae,Moreton Bay fig,Rosales,Spring,Strangler fig,Tree,new south wales Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Australian banyan trunk and buttress root detail

Also commonly known as Moreton Bay figs, identifiable by their large buttress roots and purple fruits. These grow to be enormous trees up to 60 m - this one estimated to be 35 metres in height. As this is a strangler fig, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree and the seedling lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground.

Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps - figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can
only reproduce in fig flowers.

Australian banyan Also commonly known as Moreton Bay figs, identifiable by their large buttress roots and purple fruits. These grow to be enormous trees up to 60 m - this one estimated to be 35 metres in height. As this is a strangler fig, seed germination usually takes place in the canopy of a host tree and the seedling lives as an epiphyte until its roots establish contact with the ground.<br /> <br /> Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps - figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can only reproduce in fig flowers.<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/102110/australian_banyan_buttress_root_detail.html Australia,Australian banyan,Buttress roots,Ficus macrophylla,Flora,Geotagged,Moraceae,Moreton Bay fig,Rosales,Spring,Strangler fig,Tree,botany,new south wales

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    A monument of a tree, nice! Posted 4 years ago

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The Moreton Bay fig

''Ficus macrophylla'', commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the family Moraceae that is a native of most of the eastern coast of Australia, from the Atherton Tableland in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, and Lord Howe Island. Its common name is derived from Moreton Bay in Queensland, Australia. It is best known for its beautiful buttress roots.

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Species identified by Ruth Spigelman
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Uploaded Sep 27, 2020. Captured Oct 8, 2017 08:35 in Rushcutters Bay Park, New S Head Rd, Darling Point NSW 2027, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/64s
  • ISO100
  • 55mm