Common Name
Ficus
Family
MORACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
Higuerón
- Grows up 20m tall and is epiphytic during first stages or its whole 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.
- Rare and endangered PROPAGATION: Seeds