Moreton Bay Fig
Ficus macrophylla

Address: 1251 Peralta
District: Niles
Shinn Historic Park
Origin: Australia
Type: flowering
Leaf: evergreen
Comments:
Evergreen, native to Queesland, Australia. This is a handsome, impressive tree with wide-spreading branches and characterized by a large, bulging, buttressed trunk. Tree at Shinn Park was planted approximately 1880.
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Illustration by Phillip Eaker

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