How the strangler fig tree got its name | Australia's Favourite Tree

Known as the gangsters of the rainforest, the strangler fig has a ruthless survival strategy - by choking its host tree to death. But what it takes, it also gives back, playing a crucial part in rainforest ecology. Subscribe to ABC Science RUclips 👉 ab.co/2YFO4Go
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[@herbalgods]

Love this. I have had one in my yard all this time and didn’t realize what is was

[@penneycason9269]

Eerie beauty. Fabulous.

[@oneeyedphotographer]

There are at least two strangler figs native to Australia, and more in other places. Ficus destruens did not come up in my Google search result for my search of strangler fig.
The Wikipedia article for Ficus destruens needs more information.

[@gardencodes91]

There are many here in Australia. Here In the illawarra area we get Ficus rubiginosa, Ficus macrophylla, Ficus henneana and Ficus obliqua. We are just out of the southern range of Ficus watkinsiana occurring up around newcastle area. Happy fig hunting my friend! There doesn't seem to be much info at all on Ficus destruens, It looks kind of like a magnolia in a way..

[@pranaykothari803]

My hometown has hundreds of them! So I am used to it; In fact it's how my hometown got its name. Vadodara, India.

[@mouyat]

Check out the famous Curtain fig, Ficus virens of Queensland.

[@VulpeX2Triumph]

Amazing.

[@darlas4019]

Neat!

[@FlareOBS]

Interesting

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❤❤❤

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Let's use ecosia 👍🌱🌳

[@aswaltan8962]

I'm watching.

[@kathryngeeslin9509]

Weird.