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Family: Moraceae	Genus: Ficus	Species: Ficus lyrata Warb.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Ficus jollyana A. Chev., Ficus pandurata Hort. ex Sander	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Fiddle Leaf Fig, Banjo Fig	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Fiddle Leaf Fig	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Banyan fig	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Up to 1200m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	The fruit is a green fig 3cm (1 inch) diameter.
Habitat	It grows in subtropical and tropical , also in lowland tropical rainforest.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Native to tropical western and central Africa but introduced and cultivated in most European Botanic Gardens and elsewhere.	Bark Details	Brown in colour
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Sector 17, Sector 28	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Fiddle-Leaf Fig, a native of Tropical Africa, is a large evergreen tree often reaching 40 feet in nature. They have large shiny, fiddle-shaped (or guitar-shaped) green leaves up to 15 inches long. Interestingly, this fig can also be grown as a house-plant in a pot. It can also grow as a free-standing tree on its own, growing up to 12-15 m tall. The 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.	Leaf Details	They have large shiny, fiddle-shaped (or guitar-shaped) green leaves up to 15 inches long. Interestingly, this fig can also be grown as a house-plant in a pot. It can also grow as a free-standing tree on its own, growing up to 12-15 m tall. The 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.

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