Cultivation and Garden Uses
It is a popular ornamental tree in subtropical and tropical gardens, and is also grown as a houseplant in temperate areas, where it usually stays shorter and fails to flower or fruit. Like most figs, it is frost tender.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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