Cluster Fig - Ficus congesta

Rainforest wildlife tour Port Douglas Daintree Australia.

Red Leaf Fig
Ficus congesta

Figs are an important food source for a variety of birds, mammals and insects consequently they are generally classified as being 'key stone' species.

Australian figs have a symbiotic relationship with particular species of wasps. These wasps lay their eggs in the flowers of the fruit and in the process pollinate the flower for the fig. The ripening fig then provides a food source for the larva of the wasp. Neither can exist without the other.

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Photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust

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