Ficus calyptroceras
A South American fig of dry, seasonal country in Brazil, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia and north-eastern Argentina, most often collected on limestone and quartzite outcrops in caatinga and cerrado woodland. It is a tree that roots into rock and is listed as Vulnerable, mainly because of habitat loss. Grow it as a sun-loving, drought-seasonal fig in a gritty mix rather than as a rainforest plant.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe it in rupicolous vegetation on limestone, in tall caatinga with limestone outcrops, on quartzite outcrops surrounded by pasture, and in secondary forest. Like several neotropical figs it can grow from cracks in rock, where its roots follow fissures for water. The sources consulted give no detailed ecological account, so this picture comes from specimen labels.
About 115 GBIF records carry an elevation, from near sea level to about 1,030 m, with a median of about 500 m. Most come from interior plateaus and outcrops rather than the coast.
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