Species · genus Ficus · Moraceae

Japanese Superb Fig

Ficus subpisocarpa Gagnep.

Also known as: Superb Fig

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

Reference · F. subpisocarpa

Cultivars of F. subpisocarpa

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

No named cultivars catalogued under F. subpisocarpa 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.

Ficus subpisocarpa is a tree from the warm, seasonally moist forests of subtropical and tropical East and Southeast Asia. Give it a bright spot with plenty of indirect light, and water when the top inch or two of mix has dried out, letting it approach dry between waterings rather than staying wet. As a fig it has a milky latex; avoid sudden cold and water more sparingly in winter when growth slows.

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 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

16–30 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining loamy mix with bark

Propagation

Stem cuttings or air-layering

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Moderate

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.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5 · ASPCA

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