Botanical Name: Ficus microcarpa ‘Nitida’
Common Name: ‘Nitida’ Indian laurel fig
Type of Plant: dicot: tree
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape fast-growing, upright tree, mostly single-trunked, with spreading branches forming a densely rounded canopy; develops a grayish-white smooth bark - more common than the species Ficus micropcarpa
Height 30'-50'
Spread 3/4 - equal
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full or partial sun
Soil tolerates most except strongly alkaline soil
Hardiness some frost (zones 14-24); prefers warm coastal zones
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, broadly elliptic or oval, with a a prominent rounded, somewhat aristate tip; leaf medium green, glossy
Flowers inconspicuous, greenish-white; axillary arrangement
Fruit a small round synconium; 3/8"-1/2" diameter, greenish-tan
 
Propagation:
seed, semi-hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
medium-large shade tree; can be used as an accent form if selectively pruned; best used as a large street tree; has aggressive root system
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers regular; tolerates drought after established
Fertilizing as needed; susceptible to iron chlorosis in wet clay soils
Pruning to shape desired, anytime; canopy should be thinned
Pests/Diseases relatively free; Cuban Laurel Thrip
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: India
Family: Moraceae

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