Return to This Plant's Category:  Ecbolium to Ficus Ficus craterostoma Forest Fig, Strangler Fig, Blunt-leaved Forest Fig
	Code: 90533 Price: $12.95 Out of Stock
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Family: Moraceae This tree is a strangler fig from tropical central and southern Africa. In the wild, it can grow up to 60 feet tall with a rounded crown and a huge buttressed trunk. It sends out a large number of dangling aerial roots, which often wrap around its own trunk or, when young, strangle a tree that it might be using for support. Its small dark 2 inch leaves are rounded or blunt-tipped. Pollination is by a specific African species of wasp. It's a fast grower, if given adequate moisture and warmth. Popular for use as an outstanding bonsai subject. USDA zones 10 - 12.

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(B) Hanging
basket (D) Dwarf
under 12" (F) Flourescent lights for
indoor light culture (H) Humid
conditions (M) Miniature
under 6" (T) Terrarium
plant (W) Winter
flowering

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