Ficus opposita

Sweet sandpaper fig
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Subgenus:	F. subg. Sycidium
Species:	F. opposita
Binomial name
	Ficus opposita; Miq.
Synonyms
	Ficus aculeata var. micracantha (Miq.) Benth.; Ficus aculeata Miq.; Ficus apolepomena Summerh.; Ficus branderhorstii Diels; Ficus conjugata Miq.; Ficus fitzalanii Miq.; Ficus micracantha Miq.; Ficus opposita var. micracantha (Miq.) Corner; Ficus orbicularis A.Cunn. ex Miq.; Ficus xerophila Domin; Ficus yarrabensis Domin;

Ficus opposita is one of several fig species commonly known as sandpaper figs. It is native to the Northern Territory and Queensland in Australia.Other common names include sweet sandpaper fig,^[1] sweet fig^[1] and the ambiguous "figwood" and "watery fig".^[2]

It grows as either a shrub or small tree.^[1] As the figs ripen, their colour changes from green to yellow to reddish-brown and finally, to black.^[1] The fruit is edible and palatable, tastier than most other fig species.^[3]

It serves as a food plant for the caterpillars of the Queensland butterfly the common- or purple moonbeam (Philiris innotatus).^[4]

The leaves on this plant can treat skin infections such as tinea.^{[citation needed]}

Shown to hybridise with Ficus coronulata.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Low, T. (1991). Wild Food Plants Of Australia. Australia: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-16930-6.
^ "Ficus opposita". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
^ Lindsay, Lenore (March 1992). "Fancy a feast? Try a fig". Australian Plants. 16 (130): 251–52.
^ Braby, Michael F. (2005). The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 0-643-09027-4.
^ Wilde, Brendan C.; Rutherford, Susan; Merwe, Marlien van der; Murray, Megan L.; Rossetto, Maurizio (15 July 2020). "First example of hybridisation between two Australian figs (Moraceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 33 (5): 436–445. doi:10.1071/SB19048. ISSN 1446-5701.

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[Low-1] Low, T. (1991). Wild Food Plants Of Australia. Australia: Angus & Robertson. ISBN 0-207-16930-6.

[APNI-2] "Ficus opposita". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

[3] Lindsay, Lenore (March 1992). "Fancy a feast? Try a fig". Australian Plants. 16 (130): 251–52.

[4] Braby, Michael F. (2005). The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing. p. 228. ISBN 0-643-09027-4.

[5] Wilde, Brendan C.; Rutherford, Susan; Merwe, Marlien van der; Murray, Megan L.; Rossetto, Maurizio (15 July 2020). "First example of hybridisation between two Australian figs (Moraceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 33 (5): 436–445. doi:10.1071/SB19048. ISSN 1446-5701.

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