Ficus pisocarpa

A banyan fig from southern China, Indochina and western Malesia, named for its small, pea-sized figs. Like other banyans, it usually starts life as an epiphyte high on a host tree, then sends down roots and becomes a large tree of 20 m or more. In cultivation it is grown like other tropical figs: warm, bright and evenly moist.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest period

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels place it in lowland dipterocarp forest, in forest along rivers, on logging-road slopes, and in open areas of seasonal evergreen forest on sandstone. One recorded tree was 20 m tall and 85 cm in trunk diameter.

The median elevation of GBIF records is about 420 m, and most are lowland to hill forest. A few records are clearly errors (one gives 7500 m).

China SoutheastChina South-CentralVietnamThailandPeninsular MalaysiaSumatraJavaBorneoPhilippines

🔒 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.