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It'd hard not to love fiddle leaf figs (Ficus lyrata).These beautiful plants are adored for their large, glossy leaves, and their sculptural silhouette. They can be a real statement piece in a ...
Ficus aurea, commonly known as the Florida strangler fig (or simply strangler fig), golden fig, or higuerón, [4] is a tree in the family Moraceae that is native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. [5]
Ficus lyrata Warb. (known as fiddle-leaf fig) is an evergreen tree or shrub, native to West and Central Africa tropical rain forest, being one of the most demanding and showy Ficus species. It is known as a decorative species in Europe and North America (Florida) as well. It can grow 9–12 m in these areas. [4]
Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent [2] and Indochina [3] that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family.It is also known as the bodhi tree, [4] bo tree, peepul tree, [2] peepal tree, pipala tree or ashvattha tree (in India and Nepal). [5]
The syconium of Ficus species supply shelter and food for fig wasps and the trees depend on the fig wasps for pollination. [6] Frugivore birds disperse the seeds of banyans. The seeds are small, and because most banyans grow in woodlands, a seedling that germinates on the ground is unlikely to survive. However, many seeds fall on the branches ...
These seedlings grow their roots downward and envelop the host tree while also growing upward to reach into the sunlight zone above the canopy. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] An original support tree can sometimes die, so that the strangler fig becomes a "columnar tree" with a hollow central core. [ 4 ]
Ficus citrifolia trees typically grow 15 m (50 ft) tall, and may cover a wide area due to their ability to drop aerial roots from branches and spread horizontally, fusing with the parent tree as they grow. They have a broad top, light grey bark, some aerial roots and milky sap.
Ficus semicordata, commonly known as the drooping fig, is a small to medium-sized fodder tree of genus Ficus. [3] It bears edible fruit. The figs on the lower part of the leafless branches may develop in leaf litter and humus, and be buried in the surface of the soil, where the seeds germinate. Otherwise birds and other animals distribute the ...