Sandpaper figs make food, fire, medicine and a cosy home for wasps
- Written by Danica-Lea Larcombe, PhD Candidate in Biodiversity and Human Health, Edith Cowan University
Sanpaper fig headerWelcome to Beating Around the Bush, a series that profiles native plants: part gardening column, part dispatches from country, entirely Australian. Read more about the series here or get in touch to pitch a plant at batb@theconversation.edu.au.
Australia has about 42 native species of Ficus, that include vines, plants that grow...