| Life form | Grassy, succulent |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Origin | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman |
| Ease of cultivation | Care, as a rule, is easy. |
| The size | Most often from 30-40 cm in height, the inner barrel to 15 cm in Diameter. |
| Growth rate | High, up to 20-25 cm per year |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Temperature | In summer: 73,4-87,8 ° F, in winter not below 60,8 ° F. Plants are thermophilic, do not tolerate low temperatures. |
| Humidity | 30-40% during growth. In the period of rest, enough humidity of 20%, but it is better after turning on the heating to put the plant away from the radiators. |
| Lighting | A bright place. Adult plants prefer not less than 7-8 hours of scattered light daily. Young plants need more shading. |
| The soil | The soil should be light and easy to flow. The soil should not be fertile, the pH between weakly acid (6.0 – 6.5) or neutral to slightly alkaline (above 7.0). For example, 1 part of the sod land, 1 part peat, 1 part leaf land, 1 part sand. In the soil can be added crushed limestone or granite, gravel and pumice. Requires good drainage. |
| Watering | In summer, regular watering every 7-10 days with soft warm water (2 times a week), before the next watering the soil should dry slightly from above, but do not dry completely between waterings. In winter, water is very limited (about once every 3 weeks). |
| Fertilizer | For a season it is enough to make fertilizer once in a half dose. |
| Reproduction | They reproduce by stem stems, which can be obtained from shoots 2 to 3-year-old tree. Cuttings are cleaned with tap water and liquid detergent, and then washed with distilled water, they usually take root no more than 3 weeks. Plants from such cuttings bloom and bear fruit after 5 to 7 years. Multiplies also at seeds at 77 ° F. When the first leaf appears, the seedlings are dived and transplanted into 7-cm pots. Seeds do not germinate very well. |
| Bloom | Strange greyish-greenish “horned” inflorescences in the form of a shield. Each consists of several small flowers. |
| Transfer | In February-March, young plants annually, increasing the diameter of the pot by 4-5 cm. In adult plants, if the pot diameter exceeds 30 cm, you can replace the top 3 cm of soil. At the same time, up to 20% of organic fertilizer can be directly added to the soil mixture. |
| Features of care | In winter, the plant passes into a period of rest, does not grow and can lose some of the leaves. |
| Difficulties | It is affected quite rarely by sucking insects. If the plant enters a period of rest, the fall of the leaves is normal. Otherwise, it may indicate insufficient irrigation or, conversely, of excessive moisture and decay of roots. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | Has a peculiar smell when the trunk is damaged. |
