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Ficus drupacea

Brown-woolly fig

A widespread strangler fig of tropical Asia and north-east Australia, also called the Mysore fig. It starts life as an epiphyte and grows into a tree 10–30 m tall, with woolly young growth, grey-white bark and bright yellow to red figs. In cultivation it is a warm, sun-loving tree for large pots, bonsai or tropical gardens.

Ficus drupacea
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

A hemi-epiphyte: seeds germinate in the crowns of host trees, send roots to the ground and eventually engulf the host. It grows from beach forest and monsoon forest up into lower montane forest.

Records run from sea level to 1000 m (median 80 m, 178 records), so it is mainly a lowland species.

IndiaSri LankaNepalBangladeshMyanmarThailandLaosCambodiaVietnamSouthern ChinaMalaysiaIndonesiaPhilippinesNew GuineaSolomon IslandsAustralia (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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.