| bushtucker |  Plant DescriptionBotanical Name: Ficus coronataCommon Name: Creek sandpaper fig This is a bushy tree with rough, sandpapery leaves. The 20 mm furry fruit are dark when ripe, and appear on the trunk and larger branches. The tree is often associated with creek banks. UsageThe fruit are edible raw when fully ripe, but the furry skin can be irritant, and must be peeled off first. A number of other native figs are palatable also - eg. Ficus fraseri and Ficus opposita - both figs with sandpapery leaves, Ficus congesta, and Ficus racemosa, the cluster fig which has quite large, 50 mm fruit in bunches off the trunk.
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