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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Ficus congesta Roxb. var. congesta

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open, rough-leaved tree or shrub, to 15 m high, bark greyish. Brown sandy clay, black peat, basalt. Riverine flats, creeklines, by billabongs, wet shelves in rock crevices below waterfalls, river gorges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 24 February 2006

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.