Ficus congesta var. congesta

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Ficus congesta Roxb. var. congesta

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (21), Metcalfe_2009 (19), RussellSmith_2012 (4), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 36 traits from 56 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RussellSmith_2012]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 18 mm (13-23 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 21.5 mm (13-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 21.5 mm (13-30 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): syconium (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
fruit_colour (categorical): yellow (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 21000 mm2 (21000-21000 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
leaf_length (numerical): 185 mm (120-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 110 mm (80-140 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 3.35 cm (1-5.7 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): narrowly_elliptical (1); obovate (1); ovate (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1); opposite (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1); tree (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; Metcalfe_2009; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); open (1); spreading (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1); short_persistent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RussellSmith_2012]
clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): belowground_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.32 mg (0.32-0.32 mg) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

stem morphology

wood_density (numerical): 0.43 mg/mm3 (0.43-0.43 mg/mm3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 11.5 m (8-15 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	21	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Metcalfe_2009	19	19	E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RussellSmith_2012	4	4	J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.