Sandpaper figs make food, fire, medicine and a cosy home for wasps

Sandpaper figs make food, fire, medicine and a cosy home for wasps

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https://phys.org/news/2018-05-sandpaper-figs-food-medicine-cosy.html

There are three species of sandpaper fig native to the South East Queensland area, although sandpaper figs grow all along the east coast and top end of Australia in gullies and rainforest. They are rarely found in southern Australia. Similar species with sandpaper-like leaves are found in other parts of the world such as Kenya, Africa and in Papua New Guinea.

The most common variation is the creek sandpaper fig, Ficus coronata. It has hairy, round, very sweet figs, turning purple to black as they ripen in the months of January to June, and a strong sandpapery texture on its leaves.