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Moreton Bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
This tree can be covered with fruit, but you won't see any flowers. |
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 If fruit come from flowers, why don't you see any flowers on the fig tree?
Fig facts...
The whole fig is not a true fruit but a large number of flowers on the
inside of a false fruit.
The figs' true fruits are tiny, and are found on the
inside at the base of the old flowers.
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Cluster fig
Ficus racemosa
The fruits are growing on the trunk of this rainforest tree. |
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How do animals help the tree by eating its fruit?
Why do you think the fruits are growing from the trunk and not on the tree's branches?
Some possible answers...
Fruits growing on the trunk make it easier for animals to reach them, eat
them and spread the seed.
Animals spread the seed in their droppings.
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- Morton Bay fig
- Cluster fig
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