Scientific Name:
Ficus lyrata
Pronunciation:
FYE-kus leer-RAY-tuh
Common Name:
fiddle-leaf fig
Family Name:
Moraceae
Plant Type:
Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, sessile and clasping stem, obovate (fiddle-shaped), most 15-30 long x 10-20cm wide when grown indoors, prominent yellowish veins, entire wavy margins.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Oval - vertical
Texture:
Very coarse
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
1.0 - 1.5m
Origin:
Africa
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 10: (-1 to 4 °C)
Exposure:
Soil/Growing Medium:
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Google (grows much larger in nature).
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Obovate
Apices:
Emarginate or retuse, Obcordate, Rounded
Bases:
Cordate, Rounded
Margins:
Entire, Undulate (wavy)
Additional Info:
Large
Inflorescence Type:
Flowers clustered
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Number Of Petals:
0
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
No flowers, Green
Flower Time at Peak:
Additional Info:
Florets in a syconium (rarely formed locally)
Fruit Type:
Multiple fruit
Fruit Colour:
Green
Fruiting Time:
Additional Info:
Not showy, Accessory tissue, Fruit rarely forms on potted plants. Called a syconium, a fruit type only found in figs - formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface.
Bark Morphology:
Lightly fissured
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Brown
Organ Modifications:
Succulent leaves
Propagation:
Layering
Optimal Temp.:
Medium
Light Level:
High
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Scale insects
