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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Moraceae
| name = ''Ficus lyrata''
|genus=Ficus
| image = DSC_0504.JPG
|species=lyrata
| image_width = 250px
|common_name=fiddle-leaf fig
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|habit=tree
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|Max ht box=30
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
|Max ht metric=ft
| familia = [[Moraceae]]
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| genus = ''[[Ficus]]''
|Max wd box=30
| subgenus = ''[[Banyan|Urostigma]]''
|Max wd metric=ft
| species = '''''F. lyrata'''''
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
| binomial = ''Ficus lyrata''
|lifespan=perennial
| binomial_authority = [[Otto Warburg|Warb.]]
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=9
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|max_zone=12
|image=DSC_0504.JPG
|image_width=200
}}
}}
'''''Ficus lyrata''''', commonly known as the '''fiddle-leaf fig''', is a species of [[Ficus|fig]] tree, native to western [[Africa]], from [[Cameroon]] west to [[Sierra Leone]]. It grows in lowland tropical [[rainforest]].
It is a [[banyan]] fig (''Ficus'' subgenus ''Urostigma'') that commonly starts life as an [[epiphyte]] high in the crown of another tree; it then sends roots down to the ground which envelop the trunk of the host tree and slowly strangles it. It can also grow as a free-standing tree on its own, growing up to 12-15 m (40-50 ft) tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are variable in shape, but often with a broad apex and narrow middle, resembling a [[fiddle]]; they are up to {{convert|45|cm|in|abbr=on|0}} long and {{convert|30|cm|in|abbr=on|0}} broad, though usually smaller, with a leathery texture and a wavy margin. The [[fruit]] is a green fig 2.5-3 cm (1-¼ in) diameter.
It is a [[banyan]] fig (''Ficus'' subgenus ''Urostigma'') that commonly starts life as an [[epiphyte]] high in the crown of another tree; it then sends roots down to the ground which envelop the trunk of the host tree and slowly strangles it. It can also grow as a free-standing tree on its own, growing up to 12-15 m tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are variable in shape, but often with a broad apex and narrow middle, resembling a [[fiddle]]; they are up to 45 cm long and 30 cm broad, though usually smaller, with a leathery texture and a wavy margin. The [[fruit]] is a green fig 2.5-3 cm diameter.
It is a popular [[ornamental tree]] in subtropical and tropical gardens, and is also grown as a [[houseplant]], where it usually stays shorter when put into pots than when grown outdoors. Their main horticultural feature are their large leaves. Like other fig species, it can grow to a large tree if planted in the ground. Like all figs, it is frost tender.
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Galoglychia/Subsection_Cyathistipulae/Ficus_lyrata.htm Figweb: ''Ficus lyrata'']
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