Common Name
Strangler Figtree
Family
MORACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
Higuerón
- Grows up 12m tall and is epiphytic during first stages of its life.
- Pollinated by wasps which get into the sycon. Dispersed by birds and arboreal mammals.
- The white latex sap is used to treat internal parasites. PROPAGATION: Seeds