Species · genus Ficus · Moraceae

Septic Fig

Ficus septica Burm.fil.

Also known as: Angular Fruit Fig · Hauili Fig Tree

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Vanuatu

Ficus septica — reference photo — no rights reserved · CC0

Cultivars of F. septica

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under F. septica yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.

The Ivory Fig

Ficus septica is a tree in the fig family, known in cultivation as the ivory fig or wavy-leaf fig. It belongs to the vast Moraceae clan, where tiny flowers are tucked away inside a hollow receptacle that swells into the familiar fig fruit.

Source: RHS

A Wide Tropical Range

This fig's native ground stretches from the Nansei-shoto islands through Malesia to Vanuatu, taking in territory from Taiwan and the Philippines down through Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands to Queensland. It settles primarily into the wet tropical biome, and it was first described by Burman in his Flora Indica of 1768.

Source: Kew

Tree Habit, Fig Flowers

As a genus, Ficus spans evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers, often carrying leathery leaves that may be simple, entire, or lobed. True to that pattern, Ficus septica grows as a tree, its flowers hidden within the enclosed receptacle typical of figs before it ripens into fruit.

Source: RHS

Care recipe

The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.

Care notes are early — not yet verified

Light: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Water: ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 12 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

18–30 °C

Soil mix

Rich, well-draining potting mix

Propagation

Stem cuttings or seed

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Rarely flowers indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Toxic to cats & dogs

Fig / rubber plant — irritant latex (ficin); GI upset, dermatitis. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

Reference images

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-12d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

Kept true by its growers

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