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|familia=Moraceae
 
|familia=Moraceae
|genus=Ficus  
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|genus=Ficus
 
|species=destruens
 
|species=destruens
 
|habit=tree
 
|habit=tree
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Describe the plant here...
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'''''Ficus destruens''''' is a [[hemiepiphyte|hemiepiphytic]] [[ficus|fig]] that is [[endemism|endemic]] to the wet tropical rainforests of northeastern [[Queensland]], [[Australia]].<ref name = Dixon2003>{{cite journal | last = Dixon | first = Dale J. | year = 2003 | title = A taxonomic revision of the Australian ''Ficus'' species in the section ''Malvanthera'' (''Ficus'' subg. ''Urostigma'': Moraceae) | journal = Telopea | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 125–53 | url = http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/72713/Tel10Dix125.pdf | format = {{dead link|date=January 2010}} }}</ref>
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''Ficus destruens'' is a [[monoecious]] tree which grows up to 32&nbsp;m (105&nbsp;ft) tall.  Its leaves are 51–194&nbsp;mm long (2–7.6&nbsp;in) long and 16–63&nbsp;mm (0.6–2.5&nbsp;in) wide.  Its [[syconium|syconia]] are orange or red in colour, 13–19&nbsp;mm (0.5–0.7&nbsp;in) long and 11–16&nbsp;mm (0.4–0.6&nbsp;in) in diameter.  It begins life as a [[hemiepiphyte]].<ref name = Dixon2003/>
    
==Cultivation==
 
==Cultivation==