Ficus hispida
A fast-growing, rough-leaved shrub or small tree from India and southern China to northern Australia, with figs hanging in clusters on long leafless shoots from the trunk, down to the ground. It is a pioneer of stream banks, forest edges, clearings and wasteland in the lowlands. It needs heat and bright light, and a big pot or a greenhouse, as it grows quickly.
Where it grows wild
It grows in lowland rainforest, gallery forest along rivers, and upland rainforest, and is very common on disturbed ground, stream banks, village edges and secondary growth. The figs are carried down to ground level and are an important food for animals.
Records span sea level to about 1300 m, with a median of 44 m (161 records with elevation). Australian sources give sea level to 800 m. The negative minimum is an elevation error.
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