Ficus albipila (slippery blue-green fig)

Ficus albipila (Miq.) King (1888) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
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Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 300 m.
Grows in well developed lowland and upland rain forest on a variety of sites but is a characteristic component of the gallery forest on the creeks and rivers of Cape York Peninsula,
where appreciative, but still hungry, pigs beat distinct narrow paths from one tree to another during the fruiting season.
Also occurs in SE Asia and Malesia.

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Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Ficus albipila (Miq.) King (1888): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/75022/api/apni-format  . 
Viewed: 2024 September 4th .

• Zich Frank A., Bernie P. M. Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A. Kerrigan (2020) 
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Ficus albipila (Miq.) King fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Ficus_albipila.htm
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/.
Viewed: 2024 September 4th .

• Field, Ashley R, Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Ficus albipila (Miq.) King – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T. (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 322 (–329).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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