Ficus desertorum

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Family Moraceae

Taxonomy: Ficus desertorum B.C.Wilde & R.L.Barrett

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

Distribution (APC):

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (19), Draper_2023 (3), Wenk_2023_2 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 27 records in 4 datasets.

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

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): achene (1); syconium (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): brown (1); red (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 83 mm (46-120 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 31.5 mm (19-44 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.15 cm (0.9-3.4 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): acute (1); oblique (1); obtuse (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): spiral (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): lithophyte (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 4 m (4-4 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	15	19	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
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.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Wenk_2023_2	1	1	E. Wenk and D. Coleman. “Unpublished: Rain and flood-related flowering cues for Australia's flora, University of New South Wales, Australia”. 2023.