''Ficus virgata'', commonly known as figwood, is a tree in the family

Moraceae The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however ...

, native to areas of

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and the western Pacific. It grows as a strangler on other trees, eventually smothering and killing its host.

Conservation

This species is listed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science as

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. , it has not been assessed by the IUCN.

Gallery

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References

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of this species on Flickriver virgata Flora of Queensland Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Blume Taxa described in 1825 {{Moraceae-stub