Ficus dammaropsis
A small evergreen tree from the New Guinea highlands, called kapiak locally, with huge pleated leaves up to 90 cm long and very large figs. It grows at mid to high elevations in the highlands, in cool, humid, frost-free conditions. It can be grown in a large pot in bright light with cool nights, or outdoors in mild frost-free climates.
Where it grows wild
Highland forest, forest edges, regrowth and village gardens in New Guinea. It is a dioecious small tree, usually in fairly bright, open positions. A separate lowland form below about 900 m is treated as Ficus brusii.
About 850–2,750 m in the literature. The 74 measured records with elevation span 5–3,540 m, median 1,500 m; the lowest and highest values are probably errors or lowland F. brusii.
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