Ficus villosa

Plant Name: Ficus villosa

Tankquility Catalogue #: TQ-04653

Synonyms/Trade Names: Shaggy-leaf Fig

Original Plant Sourced as: Ficus villosa

Plant Family: Moraceae

Plant Native to¹: Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam

Plant Type: Terrestrial - Climber

Image Details²:

Image 1: Detail of the leaves of a terrarium grown Ficus villosa showing the villous nature (with long soft hairs) of the leaf surface.

General Information and Cultivation³: A distinctive, easy to grow climbing fig, with long soft hairs covering the leaf surface. Reasonably fast growing, yet manageable in the terrarium. Ficus villosa prefers humid terrarium conditions with reasonable ventilation. Tankquility cultures this clone at about 23° Celsius, in a granular substrate based on akadama and scoria. Fertilize moderately.

Propagation by tip and stem cutting is easy.

Ease of Care: Easy

Plant Size/Portion Size:

Terrarium grown plant: Plant with good root development, around 200mm in height.

Cutting: Tip cutting of around 250mm in length, with or without adventitious root development.

Further Reading:

¹ Distribution is taken from Plants of the World Online (https://powo.science.kew.org/) unless stated otherwise.

² All images used on the Tankquility website have been taken of plants growing in our nursery.

³ The general and cultural information provided is based on our own experience and observation. If we supply information from others, we have acknowledged the source.