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Ficus tinctoria
Also called Dye Fig
Ficus tinctoria, the dye fig, is a hemiepiphytic tree that often starts life perched on palms or rocks and sends roots down to the ground, sometimes strangling its host. It grows in moist tropical valleys and is not a typical houseplant, so the key to growing it is a warm, humid, frost-free climate.
Ficus tinctoria, also known as dye fig, or humped fig is a hemiepiphytic tree in the genus Ficus. It is also one of the species known as a strangler fig.
It is found in Asia, Malesia, northern Australia, and the South Pacific islands. It grows in moist valleys.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ficus tinctoria 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.
