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Family : Moraceae
Central Queensland to Southern NSW.
Out in the open Ficus macrophylla has a relatively compact rounded crown but in rainforest situation it can reach an enormous size,up to 50m high and a stem diameter of up to 240cm. While it can be grown directly in the ground it often starts its life high up in the canopy gradually enmeshing the host as its roots follow the host tree to the ground.
It has glossy lustrous leaves and develops massive flanged and irregularly wide buttresses to support its huge volume in shallow, sometimes waterlogged, soils.
The fruit varies with maturity from green through orange to purple when ripe and is edible but quite dry to taste.The fruit can appear at any time but generally Feb-May.
Photographed in Sydney Botanic Gardens
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Bathurst is the first inland town of mainland Australia and the first NSW town away from the coastal plains of Sydney. It was established by a decree of Governor Macquarie in 1815. This happened at a time when Macquarie was reluctant to open up areas to settlement and to give more land grants. But the pressures of the British Colonial Office and the rapidly developing British industrial revolution meant new supplies of wool for the Lancashire textile mills were needed. Coupled with this was the desire by freed convicts (emancipists), gentlemen settlers and others to open up the west and make a fortune. Bathurst began as a settlement with strong links to England- it was named after Lord Bathurst, the streets were named after British kings- William and George, and other streets were named after British politicians and colonial office leaders- Howick, Gladstone, Peel, Durham, Keppel and others.
The first squatters were Cox, Lawson and Icely but others soon followed. They received “unofficial” land grants in 1815 which were not officially confirmed until 1823 just before Governor Macquarie was ready to leave the colony. As more white people moved into the district the town as the governor set up a depot and barracks in Bathurst. It was a convict town and military barracks. The police were needed to shoot escaped convicts and bushrangers and get the local Aboriginal people under control. The convicts in Australia were seldom incarcerated in prison; they were usually assigned as labourers to pastoralists. So Bathurst was needed to house, police and control convicts and ex-convicts and ticket of leave men (men basically on parole). So the settlement of Bathurst in 1820 consisted on a few free settlers, some wealthy pastoralists, lots of government officials and the town Commandant, and convicts. In fact in 1820 there were 16 free people, 75 convicts and 13 emancipists. The free people were soldiers and their wives. The buildings consisted of Macquarie’s Cottage, the house of the superintendent of convicts, a government store, barracks for soldiers and convicts, and a granary. The focus of town was the police barracks, a site now occupied by the City Bowling Club. In those days it was the Ordinance Ground. The early town was built by convicts and they comprised three quarters of the population. Nothing much remains of the work and effort of the convicts, except for Macquarie’s Bathurst House.
After Macquarie left the colony in 1824 and settlement by free people was being encouraged more and more land grants were given. On the river flats land grants were usually 70 to 100 acres, but the large pastoral runs were obtained by land grants too during the 1820s. By 1828 the Bathurst area had over 1,200 people in it, and convicts had fallen to about 55% of all residents. The most convicts arrived in Bathurst during the 1830s, the peak time for transportation to Australia. Transportation ceased in 1850, just before the 1851 gold rushes. But even then convicts still comprised about 30% of the total population. The gold rushes changed that forever.
Most of the early free settlers lived in Kelso across the river, whilst the wealthy, government officials and convicts lived in Bathurst. The town saw one of the worst conflicts in Australia between whites and the Wiradjura in 1823/24. The Aboriginal leader, Windradyne (now a suburb of Bathurst) led his people on a series of raids and attacks on sheep for food. The whites retaliated with arsenic in damper (arsenic was sued to control scab in sheep) and shooting parties. Aborigines on Kelso river flats stealing potatoes were shot and killed. In relation shepherds were killed by the Aborigines. Thirteen stockmen were killed in one month. Governor Darling declared martial law for Bathurst for six months in 1824. Government reports said 60 to 70 aborigines were killed during this time, but locals claim it was more like two hundred. Three whites were tried for murder of aboriginal people in 1824 but they were acquitted. The government had a £500 reward on the head of the leader Windradyne. This was not claimed. When he returned to Bathurst in 1829, wounded from conflict with another Aboriginal group it was Dr Busby who dressed his wounds before he died. The street where Ben Chifley lived was named after this government doctor.
The early buildings of Bathurst no longer exist. The 19th century town which we can see today mainly dates from the period after the gold rushes (1851), when the town was wealthy and booming in the 1860s and 1870s. Some exceptions are: Macquarie’s Government House (1817); Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Kelso (1835); Kelsoville House in Kelso dating from 1840; the original part of the Methodist church hall (1832); and the original Anglican manse, now Miss Traill’s Cottage ( 1845). So the legacy of convict buildings is gone. The pamphlet on a historical walk around Bathurst available from the Information Centre concentrates on buildings erected between 1860 and 1900.
This is the famous Castle in Norwich, built by the Normans after the Conquest in 1067 by William the Conqueror. It was to serve as his royal palace in the East of England. By the Middle Ages it was being used as a prison. It was clad in Bath stone in 1835 - 8 by Anthony Salvin.
It is now home to the Nowich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.
It sits a top of Norwich on a large mound.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwich_Castle
It is a Grade I listed building.
Castle now museum. Late C12 with 1833 refacing by Salvin, 1825
east extension by Wilkins and later C19 and C20 alterations, and
extensions. Bath stone refacing, stone extensions. The keep is a
square 4-bay plan: blind ground floor with 3 and 4 tiers of
arcading above. Scattered fenestration and wide, flat buttresses.
Crenellated parapet. One and 2 - storied extension with polygonal
plan to the north and east sides of the keep . Entry on south facade
with 'Tudor' moulded stone arch. 4-light frieze window above entry.
4-light frieze window and 5-light bay window to the right: 3 2-light
windows at first floor. Crenellated parapet with corner bastions.
The Norman keep only is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Norwich Castle - Heritage Gateway
Plaques I saw as we walked down the former moat and back onto the main road.
They all have messages on them. This one is about sitting under a vine and figtree.
Gunung Keriang, Kedah, Malaysia.
Ficus benjamina L. Moraceae. CN: [Malay - Ara beringin], Benjamin-tree, Javatree, Malayan banyan, Oval-leaf figtree, Tropic-laurel, Weeping fig, Weeping-laurel, Small-leaved rubber plant. Fruit a sycamore. Native to China, Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia ecozone, Solomon Islands; Cultivated elsewhere. Ornamental, shade/shelter, Invertebrate food (lac insects).
Synonym(s):
Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ficus comosa Roxb. [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ficus nitida Thunb. [Ficus benjamina var. benjamina]
Ficus nuda (Miq.) Miq. [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ficus schlechteri auct
Ficus waringiana auct. [Ficus benjamina var. benjamina]
Urostigma nudum Miq. [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ref. & suggested reading:
Little MOC or vignette. No elaborate construction, but lots o' flowers!! ^^
You can find a fig tree, a fuchsia bush, some daisies and dandelions, what was supposed to be lavender, but let's say they're violets! Plus some edible and non-edible mushrooms! And then there's all the wildlife!! Kinda wanna be there right now… !
AWIB-ISAW: The Plutei of Trajan, Curia Julia (I)
The so-called "Plutei of Trajan" are marble slabs on display within the restored Curia Julia. This slab shows the emperor on a platform, with Roman landmarks visible in the background - the arches of the Basilica Julia, the fig tree (Ficus Ruminalis) and the statue of Marsyas which stood in the Forum. by Allison Kidd (2011)
copyright: 2011 Allison Kidd (used with permission)
photographed place: Roma (Rome) [pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025]
Published by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World as part of the Ancient World Image Bank (AWIB). Further information: [www.nyu.edu/isaw/awib.htm].
Mendut Temple, Magelang, Central Java
Ficus benghalensis L. Moraceae. [Malay - Banyan, Pokok Banyan India], Banyan, Banyan fig, Banyantree, Bengal banyan, Bengal fig, East Indian figtree, Horn fig, Indian banyan. Native of India and Pakistan; elsewhere cultivated.
Synonym(s):
Ficus banyana Oken
Ficus benghalensis var. krishnae (C.DC.) Corner
Ficus chauvieri G.Nicholson
Ficus cotoneifolia Vahl
Ficus cotonifolia Stokes
Ficus crassinervia Kunth & C.D.Bouché [Invalid]
Ficus karet Baill.
Ficus krishnae C.DC.
Ficus lancifolia Moench
Ficus lasiophylla Link
Ficus procera Salisb.
Ficus pubescens B.Heyne ex Roth
Ficus umbrosa Salisb.
Perula benghalensis Raf. Unresolved
Urostigma benghalense (L.) Gasp.
Urostigma crassirameum Miq. Unresolved
Urostigma procerum Miq. Unresolved
Urostigma pseudorubrum Miq. Unresolved
Urostigma rubescens Miq. Unresolved
Urostigma sundaicum Miq. Unresolved
Urostigma tjiela Miq.
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2809652
Gunung Keriang, Kedah, Malaysia.
Ficus benjamina L. Moraceae. CN: [Malay - Ara beringin], Benjamin-tree, Javatree, Malayan banyan, Oval-leaf figtree, Tropic-laurel, Weeping fig, Weeping-laurel, Small-leaved rubber plant. Fruit a sycamore. Native to China, Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia ecozone, Solomon Islands; Cultivated elsewhere. Ornamental, shade/shelter, Invertebrate food (lac insects).
Synonym(s):
Ficus benjamina var. comosa (Roxb.) Kurz [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ficus comosa Roxb. [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ficus nitida Thunb. [Ficus benjamina var. benjamina]
Ficus nuda (Miq.) Miq. [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ficus schlechteri auct
Ficus waringiana auct. [Ficus benjamina var. benjamina]
Urostigma nudum Miq. [Ficus benjamina var. nuda]
Ref. & suggested reading:
Museum Gunung Merapi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
(Dusun Banteng, Kabupaten Sleman, Yogyakarta.)
Ficus lyrata Warb. Moraceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Biola cantik, Ketapang brazil, Kimunding, Arabiola], Banjo fig, Fiddle-leaf fig, Lyre-leaf figtree. Native to West-Central Tropical Africa (Cameroon, Gabon) and West Tropical Africa (Benin, Cote D'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo); elsewhere naturalized or cultivated.. A strangler fig species. It can also grow as a free-standing tree on its own, growing up to 12–15 m tall. The leaves are variable in shape, but often with a broad apex and narrow middle, resembling a lyre or fiddle. A popular ornamental tree in subtropical and tropical gardens, and is also grown as a houseplant in temperate areas .
Synonym(s):
Ficus pandurata Sander [Illegitimate]
Ref. and suggested reading:
www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2811182
A couple of Grey Hornbills gorge themselves on figs.
City-Park District Park, Pitampura.
23rd April, 2017.
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
I can not begin to describe how excited this encounter was for me. There where nine birds in total in the one fig tree Pairs and young.
Sixty five photos later.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees.
Seen ideally three or four times each year around the weeping native fig trees which set fruit and attract these parrots.
Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
Double-eyed Fig Parrot. Cyclopsitta diophthalma Macleayana.
I can not begin to describe how excited this encounter was for me. There where nine birds in total in the one fig tree Pairs and young.
Sixty five photos later.
The Double-eyed Fig Parrot is Australia's smallest parrot.
Their eggs are laid in holes in dead, sometimes perilously shaky, trees.
Seen ideally three or four times each year around the weeping native fig trees which set fruit and attract these parrots.
Both sexes have a red forehead, but the males also have a red cheek patch, as opposed to the females' which is usually yellow.
Moreton Bay Fig Tree
the largest fig tree in North America
sx70
Artistic TZ film
Santa Barbara, CA
June 2009
My fig tree produces lots of leaves, but no figs!
Sidewalk Shoes | Sidewalk Shoes 365 | Pamela Greer Photography
The ruins of San Bonaventura Church designed by the famous San Lorenzo Bernini. This was also the setting for filming Ben Hur in 1959.
I just finished making this table runner, using the template and directions for the Funky Pinwheel block by Jodi from Pleasant Home blog. I used some charm squares from her Etsy shop, as well as a few of my own fabrics. I love the spring-fresh palette and sweet prints...yellow, aqua, green and red. There are strawberry fabrics from Sandi Henderson's Meadowsweet, plus some Mill House Inn and Strawberry Fields by Fig Tree Quilts. I love the Fig Tree Cream background.
A day of protest, police, chainsaws and woodchips sees nine Morteon Bay figtrees removed from Anzac Parade at the point where the cut and cover tunnel will intersect the busy arterial road.
Although discussion apparently got heated at times, the constable I chatted to indicated no problems during the day.
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