Have you seen this before?

[bamboos]

Hi all,
Recently while driving along a country road I came across this

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I stopped to have a look and found these

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Here is the tree

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And a further view

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Who has picked Ficus racemosa?
I haven't seen one with this many fruit before --- it is an Aussie species shared with se Asia and as you can see it bears it's fruit on the trunk and branches in bunches. There must have even several thousand on the road with just as many still on the tree
I wish I had a few fig recipes
Regards Steve

[Andrew F]

Hey steve, might be worth your while to try and strike a few cuttings. Cant have enough ficus var in your collection

[bamboos]

Unfortunately I'm several thousand Klms south of it now.
Don't know how they would go in bonsai culture maybe Ash or one of nth members would have a better idea
I don't think I have seen one bonsaied
It's also called the cluster fig
Regards Steve

[Jason]

Very cool, haven't seen a fig that fruits like that before, thanks for sharing

[bamboos]

Hi Jason
The fruiting habit is called cauliflory and happens on some other figs and even some Syzgium species as well as other trees
Regards Steve

[Jason]

Hi Jason
The fruiting habit is called cauliflory and happens on some other figs and even some Syzgium species as well as other trees
Regards Steve

Thanks for that Steve, I had no idea Looks so strange!