Ficus watkinsiana (green-leaved Moreton Bay fig, nipple fig)


Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey (1891) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to Australia, occurs in the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld, central eastern Qld. and in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales but not [known] in coastal central Queensland. 
Altitudinal range in NEQ from 700-1100 m.
Grows in well developed upland and mountain rain forest on a variety of sites.

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Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, quotation: "

Habitat and Distribution:

The commonest strangling fig of subtropical rain forest in northern N.S.W., also in warm temperate rain forest and littoral rain forest; 
north from the Williams River (southern Barrington Tops), N.S.W., to Kin Kin (SE of Gympie), Qld, also between Townsville and Cairns in N Qld.

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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 watkinsiana F.M.Bailey (1891): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/75505/api/apni-format . 
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd .


• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Ficus watkinsiana 

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/ 
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

Viewed: 2025 October 2nd . 

 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Ficus_watkinsiana.htm 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd . 

 

• Field, Ashley R, Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey – "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 . 

 

• Flora of NSW online PlantNET:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Ficus watkinsiana F.M.Bailey: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ficus~watkinsiana 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2025 October 2nd . 

 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: (322–) 328–329 .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

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