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Ficus cuatrecasasiana is a hemiepiphytic fig tree from tropical rainforests of Central and western South America, rarely grown as a houseplant. Its key to cultivation is warm, humid, bright conditions with steady moisture.
Ficus cuatrecasasiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. It is a hemiepiphytic tree native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, where it grows in tropical lowland and montane rain forests in the Andes and the Pacific and Caribbean lowlands.
The species was first described by Armando Dugand in 1942.
Large-leaved rock fig · Figwood · Ficus adhatodifolia · Ficus albert-smithii · Abbey tree · Council tree · Ficus amazonica · Ficus americana subsp. greiffiana · Jamaican cherry fig · Ficus ampelos · Indian Bat Fig · Ficus andamanica
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus cuatrecasasiana 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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
