Socotra Fig Tree

Plants > Succulents & Desert Plants

AT A GLANCECommon Name: Socotra Fig TreeScientific Name: Dorstenia gigasCategory: PlantsSubcategory: Succulents & Desert PlantsRange: Yemen, strictly endemic to the isolated archipelago of Socotra in the Indian OceanHabitat Type: Vertical limestone cliff faces,...

Sacred Fig

Plants > Broadleaf Trees

OverviewThe Sacred Fig (Ficus religiosa), universally revered across South and Southeast Asia as the Bodhi Tree, Peepal tree, or Ashvattha, is an immense, long-lived tropical broadleaf tree belonging to the fig family Moraceae. Native to the Indian Subcontinent and...

Rubber Plant

Plants > Broadleaf Trees

OverviewAT A GLANCECommon Name: Rubber PlantScientific Name: Ficus elasticaCategory: PlantsSubcategory: Broadleaf TreesSize: Wild forest height: 100–130 ft (30–40 m); Potted indoor specimen: 4–10 ft (1.2–3 m); Leaf length: 8–14 in (20–35 cm)Weight: Mature forest trees...