Fiddle-Leaf Fig, Lyre-Leaf Fig

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Description

Evergreen tree to 30 m tall, often much shorter in cultivation. Crown dense and rounded. Leaves large, to 30 cm long, obovate to lyre-shaped, often with wavy margin, base cordate. Figs in axils of leaves near apex, sessile, globose, green with yellow spo

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Ecology

In lowland forests.

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Distribution

Tropical Africa.

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Uses

Widely cultivated as an ornamental. It will tolerate shade as an indoor plant, however, it loses its lower leaves early.