Ficus clusiifolia
A fig of eastern Brazil's Atlantic coast, common in the restinga (coastal sandy scrub-forest) and coastal Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, with thick, leathery leaves like a Clusia. It grows as a tree and often starts life as a hemiepiphyte on other trees or rocks. In a pot it is a tough, warm, bright-light plant that tolerates sun, salt air and periodic drought.
Where it grows wild
It grows in restinga forest on sandy coastal plains, in coastal Atlantic Forest and along streams, as a tree or a hemiepiphyte that germinates on a host and sends roots down to the ground; it is also common as a street and park tree in Rio de Janeiro.
Records with elevation data are from sea level to about 65 m; it is essentially a coastal lowland species, though a few records come from inland Minas Gerais.
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