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'''''Ficus pleurocarpa''''', commonly known as the '''banana fig''', '''karpe fig''' or '''gabi fig''',<ref name = RainforestExplorer>{{cite web|url= http://www.wettropics.gov.au/st/rainforest_explorer/Resources/Documents/factsheets/bushTuckerOfTheWetTropics.pdf|title= Bush Tucker of the Wet Tropics|accessdate= 2008-07-13|work= Rainforest Explorer|publisher= Wet Tropics Management Authority}}</ref> is a [[ficus|fig]] that is [[endemism|endemic]] to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]. It has characteristic ribbed orange and red cylindrical [[syconium|syconia]].<ref name = Dixon2003/> It begins life as a [[hemiepiphyte]], later becoming a tree up to 25 m (82 ft) tall. ''F. pleurocarpa'' is one of the few [[ficus|fig]]s known to be pollinated by more than one species of [[fig wasp]]. ''Ficus pleurocarpa'' is a [[monoecious]] tree which grows up to 25 m (82 ft) tall. Its leaves are 150–257 mm long (6–10 in) long and 49–100 mm (2–4 in) wide. Its [[syconium|syconia]] are orange or red in colour, 39–61 mm (1.5–2.4 in) long and 19–27 mm (0.7–1 in) in diameter. It begins life as a [[hemiepiphyte]].<ref name = Dixon2003/> The figs are edible fresh or dried and are described as "tasty at the fully ripe red stage".<ref name = RainforestExplorer/> ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/>    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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