2 NParks heritage trees in Singapore: Found in No 3 Winchester Road (off), near Pasir Panjang Nursery fence; Found in Changi, Hendon Road, opposite No. 35
Ficus caulocarpa is a often shrubby, multistemmed tree from wet tropical Asia and New Guinea, growing up to 20 m tall. It is a species of fig, grown mainly in warm, frost-free climates and occasionally as a container plant.
Family
Moraceae (Fig & mulberry family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil feel dry, and reduce watering in cooler months.
Soil
Free-draining, fertile potting mix or loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
C. & S. India to Nansei-shotō and New Guinea
Climate
wet tropical
About
Ficus caulocarpa is a flowering plant in the genus Ficus in the family Moraceae. It is native to southeastern Asia, from India and Sri Lanka easy to Taiwan and the Philippines, and also New Guinea. It is an often shrubby, multistemmed tree growing to 20 m tall. The leaves, of which three complete sets are produced each year (triannually deciduous), are entire and glabrous, and up to 22 cm long by 8.5 cm broad.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus caulocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.