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Ficus septica
Also called Angular Fruit Fig, Hauili Fig Tree
Ficus septica is a tropical fig tree or shrub, up to about 25 m, native to Southeast Asia and the western Pacific, usually found in lowland moist forest edges and disturbed land. It is a wild species rarely grown as a garden or houseplant, so the care fields describe general fig needs.
Ficus septica, also known as the Hauili fig tree, is a species of shrub or tree in the family Moraceae. It is native to Malesia, Taiwan, the Ryukyu Islands, Papuasia, Queensland in northern Australia, the Santa Cruz Islands, and Vanuatu.
It grows in lowland tropical moist forests, often at forest edges and in degraded environments. The seeds of this species are dispersed by numerous species, including fruit bats (Megachiroptera) when present.
Ficus septica trees live up to 1800m in montane forests or secondary growth environments. It can be seen often along rivers. In Taiwan, at the northern limit of its distribution, F. septica lives up to 500m in secondary growths and along roads and coastlines.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus septica 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.
