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Ficus crassipes

Round-leaved banana fig

Ficus crassipes, the round-leaved banana fig, is a strangler fig endemic to the Wet Tropics of north-east Queensland. It starts as an epiphyte and grows into a tree of about 20 m, bearing thick leathery leaves and large beaked figs that cassowaries eat. It is mainly a plant of upland rainforest. Young plants make tough, bright-light potted figs that like a mild, cooler winter.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Well-developed upland and mountain rainforest, occasionally lowland. Collectors' labels include plateau rainforest on basalt-derived red clay, notophyll vine forest on granite, and creek-line rainforest edges. Seedlings start high on host trees and send roots down.

Near sea level to 1,000 m according to the Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants key. GBIF specimens range from 20 to 1,160 m, with a median around 720 m on the Atherton Tableland.

Queensland

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.