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Ficus dammaropsis (fka: Dammaropsis kingiana) - Dinner Plate Fig


Ficus dammaropsis (fka: Dammaropsis kingiana) - Dinner Plate Fig (Ficus dammaropsis (fka: Dammaropsis kingiana) - Dinner Plate Fig)

Dinner plate fig has gigantic leaves to almost 5 feet/ 1.5 meters long and half as wide. This very sough after New Guinea tree can be extremely expensive...as much as $500.00 for a sapling.



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Crikey - for $500 I would hope that the fruit tastes like the Ambrosia of the gods!!!

12 Jul, 2010

 

Meanie:

That's funny! This tree has become more available over the years...however, it's still very expensive because the fruits need a special wasp to fertilize the figs...and they are only indigenous to New Guinea. The only way this tree can be propagated is by air-layering which is very difficult and doesn't always work.

12 Jul, 2010



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