Ficus saussureana

Loquat-leaved fig

A broad-crowned forest fig of west, central and east tropical Africa, growing to about 20 m, with large spirally arranged entire leaves and figs 2–4 cm across borne in twos or threes below the leaves. Species-specific ecological information is thin. Grow young plants warm, bright and evenly moist, as for other tropical African forest figs.

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 periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Tropical forest across a wide band from Guinea to western Kenya, from lowland rainforest to submontane forest. Sources do not describe whether it begins life as a hemiepiphyte, as many figs do; adults are free-standing canopy trees with broad crowns.

54 GBIF records carry an elevation: 2–1800 m, median 1000 m. The Ugandan and Rwandan records are submontane, the West African ones mostly lowland.

West AfricaCentral AfricaEast Africa

🔒 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.