Species · genus Ficus · Moraceae

Broom Cluster Fig

Ficus sur Forssk.

Also known as: Cape Fig · Bush Fig · Cape Wild Fig · Fire Sticks · Kooman

Growth habit

tree

Native range

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Reference · F. sur

Cultivars of F. sur

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

No named cultivars catalogued under F. sur 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 sur is a fast-growing fig tree native across tropical and subtropical Africa, where it grows in open woodland and along watercourses. Indoors it wants bright, indirect light and a well-draining mix; let the top inch or two of soil dry out before watering again, as the woody roots resent sitting wet. As a vigorous tree by nature, give it room and expect steady growth in a warm spot.

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

Rich, well-draining potting mix

Propagation

Cuttings or seed

Fertilizing

Balanced liquid feed monthly while actively growing

Growth rate

Fast

Flowering

Does not flower 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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