| Life form | Tree |
| Family | Moraceae |
| Origin | West and Central Africa |
| Ease of cultivation | Lung |
| The size | Up to 2-3 m in height in room conditions |
| Growth rate | High, up to 20-25 cm per year |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Temperature | In the summer: 64,4-82,4 ° F, in the winter not below 59 ° F. |
| Humidity | High. Daily spraying of plants with water at room temperature is required, especially in winter after heating is turned on. |
| Lighting | Bright light, however, the plant requires priteneyya at noon hours. It is good to place in 1 m from the southern window. In winter it is optimal to lighten the plant. |
| The soil | Fertile, weakly acidic or neutral: 1 part of the turf ground, 1 part of the leaf earth, 1/2 part of the sand, you can add a little charcoal. Either 1 part of the turf ground, 1 part peat, 1 part leaf earth, 1 part sand. Good drainage is necessary, the best option is if its lower layer is claydite, and the upper one is sand. |
| Watering | In summer, regular watering with soft warm water (3-4 times a week). In winter, watering is reduced to 1 time per week. |
| Fertilizer | From spring to autumn, once a month, soluble mineral fertilizers. |
| Reproduction | Spring apical cuttings 15 cm long, with at least two pairs of healthy leaves (the lower pair should be removed), in spring in a greenhouse (or covered with polyethylene) in a mixture of peat and perlite or earth with sand, at a temperature of 77 ° F. Leaves to reduce the evaporation surface should be cut by 2/3. Can be propagated by air layers.Below the leaf on the stem should be a shallow incision with a knife, where to insert a pebble and sprinkle with hormonal powder. Wrap the incision with wet moss and wind it around the rope. Top with polyethylene. When the moss roots appear, the shoot will need to be cut below the winding and plant the new plant in a separate pot. Cut on the bottom of the plant should be treated with petroleum jelly, it can also give lateral shoots. |
| Bloom | The rooms do not bloom. In greenhouses, like all ficuses, forms syconia – small globular inflorescences, reminiscent of berries. |
| Transfer | In February-March every 2 years. In very large specimens, it is possible to replace the upper 3 cm of soil. |
| Features of care | In spring, large plants should be cut off shoots for the formation of the crown. In summer, the plant is preferable to keep on the balcony or in the garden. Care should be taken with young leaves, which are easily folded and traces are formed. |
| Difficulties | It can be affected by a mealybug, as well as a scab, or a spider mite. Overflows appear on the leaves and appear as brown spots before they fall off. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | – |
