Ficus hispida (Hairy Fig)


Botanical Information

FamilyMoraceae
GenusFicus
Specieshispida
CategoryTropicals

Details

USDA Hardiness Ref.
Canada Hardiness Ref.
RHS Hardiness Ref.
Height10-17 m
Flowering PeriodJune

Description and Growing Information

Notable SpecimensPha Tad Ke Botanical Garden, Luang Prabang, Laos.
HabitatSri Lanka, India, southern China to Australia.
Leaf DescriptionOppositely arranged leaves, on 1-4 cm long stalks, are ovate, oblong, or obovate-oblong, 10-25 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, thickly papery, covered with coarse hairs. Leaf base is rounded to wedgeshaped, margin is entire or bluntly toothed, tip is pointed.
Fruit DescriptionFigs appear in leaf axil on normal leafy shoots, sometimes on leafless branchlets, solitary or paired, yellow or red when mature, top-shaped, 1.2-3 cm in diameter. Figs are covered with short hairs

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