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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Ficus obtusifolia

A large Neotropical fig, growing either as a strangler that starts life high on a host tree or as a free-standing tree up to about 45 m tall. It has broad, blunt, obovate to lance-shaped leaves 15–25 cm long and round figs 1.5–3 cm across. In cultivation it is a warm, bright-light fig best grown as a large container plant or greenhouse tree.

Ficus obtusifolia
Photo: Patrice78500, 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 tree of tropical lowland and foothill forests, either germinating in the canopy as a hemiepiphytic strangler or growing as an independent tree. Seedlings start in bright, humid canopy pockets and the mature crown sits in full sun.

No elevations are available from the data. Across its range it is mainly a lowland to lower-montane tree.

MexicoCentral AmericaColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil

🔒 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.