Ficus hispida SEEDS

Ficus hispida seeds grow into the rough-leaved fig a deciduous to semi-evergreen tree native to the wet tropical biome of the Indian subcontinent east through Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, southern China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and New Guinea. The epithet hispida means ‘roughly hairy’ or ‘bristly’, referring to the conspicuously rough, sandpaper-like texture of both surfaces of the large leaves. Unusually for a Ficus, the figs of this species are cauliflorous borne directly on the trunk and larger branches rather than among the leaves and are green to yellow-orange, produced in clusters. Widely used in traditional medicine across its Asian range. Family Moraceae.

Full sun to partial shade; moist, well-drained tropical soils; warm tropical to subtropical conditions.

• Rough, sandpaper-like leaf surface ‘hispida’ = bristly/roughly hairy
• Figs borne cauliflorous on trunk and branches unusual for the genus
• Indian Subcontinent to SE Asia and S. China wet tropical biome
• Important traditional medicine across Asian range; dioecious
• Full sun to partial shade; moist tropical soils; Family Moraceae

Ficus hispida is the rough-leaved cauliflorous fig of tropical Asia its conspicuously sandpaper-textured leaves and the unusual habit of producing figs directly on the trunk and branches make it one of the most botanically distinctive members of the genus across the forests of India to New Guinea.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.