This tree must rank among one of the most deserving giants of the Wet Tropics.
Without a doubt, it is one of the more (if not most) awe inspiring free standing fig trees in the region. I wonder if this is why it has been called the Abbey tree.
Another one of it’s common names is Poison Fig, and cutters in the past who cut these trees claimed that the tree sap is highly irritant.
And the species is quite distinctive too, with it’s hairy leaves and hairy figs that ripen red.
Some of the most well developed individuals I have encountered are in Cooktown, but it is possible to see some in Kuranda, the Cairns botanical gardens and also in James Cook University.
See iNat entries:
Leaf Whispering in the Tropics 