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Florida strangler fig

Ficus aurea

Florida strangler fig

About

Ficus aurea, commonly known as the Florida strangler fig (or simply strangler fig), golden fig, or higuerón, is a tree in the family Moraceae that is native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. The specific epithet aurea was applied by English botanist Thomas Nuttall who described the species in 1846.

Family
Moraceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Ficus aurea
Slug
ficus-aurea
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Moraceae
Genus
Ficus
Species
aurea
Wikidata QID
Q2561277
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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