Ficus rumphii SEEDS

Ficus rumphii seeds grow into a large, spreading fig tree native to the wet tropical biome of the Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka) east through South-East Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia). Named after Georg Everhard Rumphius (16271702), the remarkable German-Dutch naturalist who spent most of his life in Ambon (Maluku, Indonesia) and produced the foundational work on the flora of the Malay Archipelago, the Herbarium Amboinense, despite losing his sight in later life. A large fig tree of the tropical lowland forests, producing small figs consumed by birds and mammals. Family Moraceae.

Full sun to partial shade; adaptable to moist tropical soils; warm tropical conditions.

• Large spreading tree of tropical lowland forests; small figs for birds and mammals
• Indian Subcontinent to SE Asia wet tropical biome
• Named after G.E. Rumphius (16271702), the blind Dutch-German botanist of the Malay Archipelago
• Rumphius produced the Herbarium Amboinense despite blindness a botanical landmark
• Full sun to partial shade; moist tropical soils; warm conditions; Family Moraceae

Ficus rumphii honours one of botany’s most remarkable figures the tropical Asian fig named after the blind German-Dutch botanist Rumphius, whose extraordinary documentation of the Malay Archipelago flora despite losing his sight remains one of the greatest achievements in the history of botanical science.

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