Quicuio, Sandpaper Fig

This is a medium sized fig tree, reaching around 10 meters tall, often more. The leaves are somewhat heart shaped, assymetric, covered wi...Read Moreth short and hard hairs that give them a sandpaper texture. The figs are small, solitary on the leaf axils, fuzzy and green. I don´t think (and they don´t look like) they are edible.

This tree is hardly cultivated, often left apart for better looking fig trees, but worth a try. It needs full sun, high temperatures, with regular watering and a well drained soil. The ones I know are planted on a very poor dust, almost only sand, but seeing how they look like they are facing hard times, I guess they only tolerate this condition. Also, be careful with the white sap, it may cause skin irritation, and may be poisonous.