The Curtain Fig Tree

Just outside Yungaburra is the Curtain Fig. This is a strangler fig. Normally these figs germinate on top of another tree and try to grow roots into the ground. Once this important step is accomplished, the fig will grow vigorously, finally kill the hosting tree and then grow on independently. In this case, the hosting tree tilted towards the next one; the fig also grows around that one. Its curtain of aerial roots drops 15 metres (49 ft) (49 feet (15 m)) to the ground.