Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Ficus aurea

strangler fig
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

strangler fig

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Ficus aurea

Familia:

Moraceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

tree

Tamaño:

40-60 (75) ft tall by 20-60 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

Color de la fruta:

yellow,red,brown

Fenología:

Evergreen. Blooms and fruits throughout the year but fruits most abundant in spring.

Destacado por:

Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage, Interesting Bark

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

This is a large tree best used in settings where its form can be appreciated. It is both a specimen tree and and shade tree.

Consideraciones:

In some settings, the tree begins as an epiphyte and sends roots down to the ground wrapping around the host. This is interesting in natural settings but may not be interesting in a formal setting.

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed

Luz:

Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam, Lime Rock, Organic

pH del suelo:

neutral to alkaline

Apto para cultivo en:

10A,10B,11

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for ruddy daggerwing ( Marpesia petreus ) and Antillean daggerwing ( Marpesia eleuchea ) butterflies.





It is pollinated by a host-specific wasp ( Pegascapus jimenezi ) inside the fig.

Birds and small mammals consume fruit and often deposit seeds high in the canopy. 

Hábitats nativos:

Moist-wet sites to dry sites and on shallow soils over limestone. Tropical hammocks, swamps. May be epiphytic or have aerial roots that may wrap around the trunks of other trees and eventually form secondary trunks.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Strangler fig, Golden fig. Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Ficuaure ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.


Huegel, Craig N. (2010). Native Plant Landscaping for Florida Wildlife. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Osorio, Rufino. 2001. A gardener's guide to Florida's native plants.  University Press of Florida, Gainesville, FL.


Watkins, John and Thomas Sheehan. (1975). Florida Landscape Plants, Native and Exotic. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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