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|familia=Moraceae
|familia=Moraceae
|genus=Ficus
|genus=Ficus
|species=watkinsiana
|species=watkinsiana
|common_name=Strangler fig, Watkins' fig, Nipple fig, Green-leaved Moreton Bay Fig
|name_ref=Wikipedia
|habit=tree
|habit=tree
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|exposure=sun
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|features=edible, fruit
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|min_zone=8
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=10
|max_zone=10
|image=Upload.png
|image=Ficus watkinsiana on Syzygium hemilampra-Iluka.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Ficus watkinsiana on [[Syzygium hemilampra]]
}}
}}
'''''Ficus watkinsiana''''', commonly known as '''Strangler fig''', '''Watkins' fig''', '''Nipple fig'''<!-- Australian Plants magazine is the ref for this name --> or the '''Green-leaved Moreton Bay Fig''' is a [[hemiepiphyte|hemiepiphytic]] [[ficus|fig]] that is [[endemism|endemic]] to [[Australia]]. The species exists in three populations—one in northeast [[Queensland]] and the other in southeast Queensland and northeast [[New South Wales]].<ref name = Dixon2003/>
''Ficus watkinsiana'' is a [[monoecious]] tree which grows up to 50 m (165 ft) tall. Its leaves are 51–217 mm long (2–8.5 in) long and 26–97 mm (1.0–3.8 in) wide. Its [[syconium|syconia]] are deep purple to black in colour, 24–37 mm (0.9–1.5 in) long and 18–29 mm (0.7–1.1 in) in diameter. It begins life as a [[hemiepiphyte]].<ref name = Dixon2003/>
The fruit is black and spotted when ripe, and is of fair quality in flavour.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lindsay |first=Lenore|year=1992 |month=March |title=Fancy a feast? Try a fig. |journal=Australian Plants |volume=16 |issue=130 |pages=251–52}}</ref>
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
