Ficus Lyrata
Ficus Lyrata
Ficus Lyrata is a flowering plant that belongs to the mulberry and fig family. It’s a great addition to your patio as it looks striking owing to its more than average height. It’s generally disease-free.
Get To Know Your Plant
Ficus Lyrata can be an evergreen tree, shrub or climber with leathery leaves and tiny flowers borne within a hollow receptacle which enlarges to form the fruit. The leaves come in a variety of shapes but often with a broad apex and narrow middle thus resembling the bow-shaped string instrument called fiddle. Hence its common name. The Fiddle-Leaf Fig is salt tolerant.
Care Instructions
- It requires indirect natural light to develop.
- Wasps use this perennial plant for pollination.
- It can grow just fine in poor soil.
Features
| CATEGORIES | DESCRIPTION |
| Type | Shrub, Trees |
| Origin | West and Central Africa |
| Climate | Tropical |
| Usage | Shade |
| Height | 10 to 15 m |
| Shape | Tree |
| Growth | Moderate |
| Propagation | Cuttings |
| Pests & Diseases | Glasshouse red spider mite, Mealybugs and Scale insects |
| Country of Origin of Product | India |
