Ficus depressa
A lowland fig of South-East Asia, from Vietnam and peninsular Thailand through Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines and the Lesser Sunda Islands. Herbarium labels describe it mostly as a woody climber or hemi-epiphyte, sometimes as a canopy tree, in primary and secondary forest, along rivers and on limestone. For growers it is a warm, humid, bright-light plant with no rest period; it becomes large, so it suits a greenhouse or a big conservatory rather than a terrarium.
Where it grows wild
Collectors record it in hill and mixed dipterocarp forest, riverine forest on sandy river edges, streamsides, limestone forest, logged-over and secondary forest, roadcuts and forest margins, usually on clay-loam or red clay soils. Several labels call it an evergreen woody climber up to about 15 m long with white latex; others record it as an occasional canopy tree. Young plants start in partial shade and climb or grow up into brighter light.
Recorded elevations run from about 60 m to 950 m, with a median of about 200 m. It is a lowland and low-hill species.
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