Fig family

Moraceae in Australia

HAMAMELIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 16 December 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Ficus benghalensis Indian Banyan Tree Magnetic Island, January 2008 Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson	Ficus carica Edible Fig Sydney, September 2006	Ficus elasticus Rubber Tree Bundaberg, October 2006	Ficus macrophylla Morton Bay Fig Sydney, October 2006
Ficus platypoda Desert Fig Uluru, December 2008	Ficus pumila Creeping Fig Sydney, October 2008	Ficus rubiginosa Port Jackson Fig Sydney, October 2006	Ficus virens White Fig Sydney, August 2008

Ficus watkinsiana Australian Strangler Fig Sydney, October 2006

Morus nigra Mulberry Sydney, October 2006

Several Butterflies and Moths in Australia have caterpillars which feed on species in Moraceae, including:

Euploea algea	Euploea core	Euploea darchia	Euploea sylvester	Euploea tulliolus	Philiris innotatus
Philiris ziska	Agape chloropyga	Asota plagiata	Asota orbona	Asota caricae	Asota iodamia
Ophyx ochroptera	Bombyx mori	Eustixis caminaea	Talanga tolumnialis	Glyphodes cosmarcha	Lymantria lunata

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Australian butterflies

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