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Ficus aculeata Miq.

Reference
London J.Bot. 7:426 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Dioecious shrub or tree, to 15 m high, bark dark brown, fissured. Alluvium, loams, heavy clay, sand and soils derived from granite, limestone, laterite, quartz, basalt, dolomite, bauxite. Calcareous dunes, vine thickets, edges of creeks, floodplain margins, in gorges, at base of cliffs.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 March 2008

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Cambridge-Bonaparte, Canning, Kimberley, Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.