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|common_name=fiddle-leaf fig
|habit=tree
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|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381
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{{Taxobox
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| color = lightgreen
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| name = ''Ficus lyrata''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Rosales]]
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| familia = [[Moraceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Ficus]]''
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| subgenus = ''[[Banyan|Urostigma]]''
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| species = '''''F. lyrata'''''
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| binomial = ''Ficus lyrata''
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| binomial_authority = [[Otto Warburg|Warb.]]
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'''''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]].
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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.
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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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==Cultivation==
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'''''Ficus lyrata''''' ('''fiddleaf fig''') is a species of [[Ficus|fig]] tree, native to western [[Africa]], from [[Cameroon]] west to [[Sierra Leone]]. It grows in lowland tropical [[rainforest]].
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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.
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==Gallery==
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===Cultivation and uses===
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==References==
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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.
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.figweb.org/Ficus/Subgenus_Urostigma/Section_Galoglychia/Subsection_Cyathistipulae/Ficus_lyrata.htm Figweb: ''Ficus lyrata'']
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*[http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/reports/html/ficus_lyrata.htm Description at Plants of Hawaii.]
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*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan.
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