CREEK SANDPAPER FIG

(Ficus coronata)

Fruits on tree

Family: Moracceae

Custom Search

Creek sandpiper fig is a bushy tree with rough, sandpapery leaves. It is native to Australia.  The 20 mm furry fruit are dark when ripe, and appear on the trunk and larger branches. The tree is often associated with creek banks

Split fruits

Usage

The fruit are edible raw when fully ripe, but the furry skin can be irritant, and must be peeled off first. A number of other native figs are palatable also - eg. Ficus fraseri and Ficus opposita - both figs with sandpapery leaves. Ficus congesta, and Ficus racemosa, the cluster fig which has quite large, 50 mm fruit in bunches off the trunk.