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

Ficus pandurata

A shrubby fig with fiddle-shaped leaves from southern China, Taiwan's offshore islands (Kinmen) and Indochina. It grows in low-elevation thickets, hillsides and forest margins. It is a distinct species from the popular fiddle-leaf fig, Ficus lyrata, which is sometimes mislabelled 'pandurata' in trade.

Ficus pandurata
Photo: Wotancito, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

A shrub of low hills: thickets, scrub, forest edges and trailsides in humid subtropical southern China and northern Indochina.

Low elevations; labelled records range from about 100 to 370 m.

China (south and south-east)Taiwan (Kinmen)VietnamIndochina

🔒 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.