WorldFloraDB - Ficus lyrata

Characteristics

A fig tree. It grows 15 m tall. The leaves vary in shape. They are shiny and dark green and broadly oval. They are 45 cm long and 30 cm wide. They have a leathery texture and wavy edge. The fruit are green and about 3 cm across.

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Stout glabrous branchlets longitudinally grooved when dry

A tree to 50 ft. high, or epiphyte

Very large fiddle-shaped leaves.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	hemiepiphyte
Foliage retention	evergreen
Sexuality	monoecy
Pollination	-
Spread	-
Mature width (meter)	1.75 - 2.0
Mature height (meter)	13.5
Root system	-
Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
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Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	-

Environment

It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It grows in lowland tropical rainforest. In XTBG Yunnan.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use fetish material ornamental shade social use
Edible	fruits
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds. The pollinating wasp is Agaon spatulatum Wiebes.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	15 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 26
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	1
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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