 Commonly known as the small @-@ leaved fig , Ficus obliqua was described by German naturalist Georg Forster in 1786 based on type material collected in Vanuatu . Dutch botanist Friedrich Miquel described Urostigma eugenioides from Albany Island in Queensland in 1861 , which was reclassified by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller as Ficus eugenioides in 1867 , and it was known as this for many years . However , as Forster 's name is older , it takes precedence . The specific epithet is the Latin adjective obliquus , meaning " oblique " , although the attribute it refers to is unclear . Frederick Manson Bailey described Ficus tryonii in 1906 , from a collection at altitude on Middle Percy Island in the Whitsunday Islands off central Queensland , which is now regarded as F. obliqua . Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected and named Ficus virginea from Booby Island in 1770 , which was synonymised with F. obliqua by William Philip Hiern in 1901 . 
