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Sandpaper   Fig Ficus coronata, Moraceae
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The most edible of our native figs. A small, hardy tree that responds well to pruning. Leaves have a sandpaper like texture. Produces abundant black fruit off the stems, which attract many varieties of fruit eating birds.
Feature: Edible fruit.
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Moreton   Bay   Fig Ficus macrophylla, Moraceae
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Fast growing, massive ever-green tree. Edible maroon-red fruit attracts birds and other wildlife when ripe. Popular in pots and containers. Protect, water and feed in first year. Underside of leaves are gold.
Feature: Form, foliage and edible fruit.
for fire retardant plants Small   Leaf   Fig Ficus obliqua, Moraceae
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Tough ever-green, shade and wildlife tree. Yellow fruit, ripening to orange-red in summer. Can be large, or prune to size. Water and feed for first years.
Feature: Fruit and shade
for fire retardant plants Cluster   Fig Ficus racemosa, Moraceae
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Large fig with a spreading canopy and greyish bark. Edible fruit grows in clusters and appears reddish when matured. Food source for birds and mammals alike. Water and feed in first years for faster growth.
Feature: Form, foliage and edible fruit.
for fire retardant plants White   Fig Ficus virens, Moraceae
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A well known specimen of this tree is the Curtain Fig Tree on the Atherton Tableland, near Cairns. Useful timber, white fruit with pinkish spots are edible. Water and feed in first years for faster growth.
Feature: Form and fruit.
for fire retardant plants Crows   Ash Flindersia australis, Rutaceae
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One of this regions outstanding trees. White/cream flowers in spring. Yellow timber very durable outside. The best of flooring timber. White-ant and rot resistant.
Feature: Timber and form.
for fire retardant plants Bennett's   Ash Flindersia bennettii, Rutaceae
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An attractive and fast growing tree with deep red new growth. Cream flowers form from February to August followed by woody seed capsules. Easily worked wood is used for cabinet and joinery work as well as carving.
for fire retardant plants Queensland   Maple Flindersia brayleyana, Rutaceae
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A popular north Queensland visitor used as an ornamental tree in streets, parks and gardens. Also prized for its timber, which is similar to Mahogany and is used in the making of guitars. Does best east of the ranges, water and feed in first years for faster growth.
Feature: Flowers and timber
for fire retardant plants Leopard   Ash Flindersia collina, Rutaceae
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Attractive, compact, hardy hillside tree. Semi-deciduous, white flowers in spring. Colourful spotty trunk, useful timber. Woody fruit over winter.
Feature: Compact form.
for fire retardant plants Bumpy   Ash Flindersia schottiana, Rutaceae
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Also commonly known as Silver Ash. Timber used for furniture, panelling and boat-building. White flowers in November are followed by seed pots in January. Water and feed in first years.
Feature: Form and timber.
for fire retardant plants Yellow   Wood Flindersia xanthoxyla, Rutaceae
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Yellow summer flowers, woody winter fruit. Tall, best quality, S.E. Qld., cabinet timber. Yellow timber used in Qld parliament house. Protect, water and feed in first years.
Feature: Timber.
for fire retardant plants Wilga Geijera salicifolia, Rutaceae
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Small hardy evergreen shade tree which grows of the inland rainforest plant with small interesting flowers. Fruit attracts king parrots, brown cuckoo-doves, lewin's honeyeaters and scrub turkeys.
for fire retardant plants Maidenhair   tree Ginkgo biloba, Ginkgoaceae
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Common names are Mainenhair tree or Ginkgo. Small, deciduous, hardy, slow growing ancient plant thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in Chinese monasteries. Has been used in traditional Chinese medicine since at least the 11th century. Spectacular gold foliage in autumn.
Feature: foliage and fruit.
for fire retardant plants Cheese   Tree Glochidion ferdinandi, Anacariaceae
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Hardy, adaptable and attractive shade tree. Red-yellow fruits resemble round cheeses. Semi-deciduous rainforest tree. Water and feed in first years.
Feature: Fruit.
for fire retardant plants Orange   Berry Glycosmis trifoliata, rutaceae
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Also known as Pink Fruited Lime Berry, a small native tree which produces small white, fragrant flowers which are followed by orange-pink fruit, which are juicy and sweet, with a flavour similar to honey. Foliage is glossy and aromatic. A host plant to the swallow tailed butterfly.
Feature: Fruit, fragrant flowers, foliage
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