Ficus triloba
A hairy-leaved shrub or small fig tree from the Himalayan foothills, southern China and Indochina, closely related to Ficus hirta and Ficus simplicissima. Its leaves are often three-lobed. It is a pioneer of forest edges, thickets, stream valleys and roadsides, so it wants plenty of light, warm wet summers and a cooler, drier winter. It is dioecious, so a single plant will not set fertile figs.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels place it in evergreen and secondary forest, forest edges, roadside banks, disturbed thickets on fire-damaged ground and riverine farmland. It is a light-demanding colonist of gaps and clearings rather than a deep-forest plant.
Georeferenced GBIF records with elevations run from about 100 to 1,600 m, with a median of about 760 m. Most are low to mid-elevation hill country.
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