 Ficus obliqua , commonly known as the small @-@ leaved fig , is a tree in the family Moraceae , native to eastern Australia , New Guinea , eastern Indonesia to Sulawesi and islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean . Previously known for many years as Ficus eugenioides , it is a banyan of the genus Ficus , which contains around 750 species worldwide in warm climates , including the edible fig ( Ficus <unk> ) . Beginning life as a seedling , which grows on other plants ( epiphyte ) or on rocks ( lithophyte ) , F. obliqua can grow to 60 m ( 200 ft ) high and nearly as wide with a pale grey buttressed trunk , and glossy green leaves . 
