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Author: Paul Carpenter Standley, 1917
Family:  MORACEAE
Origin:  Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Gulf, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá
Soil:  Mix
Water:  Medium - Maximum
Sun:  Medium - Maximum
Thickness:  80 Centimetres
Height:  15 Meters
Flower:  Green
Propagate:  Seeds/Cuttings
Names:  Higuerón
Synonyms:  Ficus trigonata L. 1775.
Urostigma verrucosum
Liebm. 1851.
Ficus crocata
Miq. 1867.
Ficus verrucosa
, Hemsl. 1883.
Ficus hemsleyana
Standley, 1917.
Ficus hemsleyana, Standl.
Ficus standleyana, Dugand.

This member of the Moraceae family was given this name by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1917. It is found in central America. It grows in a well drained soil with some to lots of water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to 80 centimetres in diameter, the tree reaches fifteen meters height. The flowers are green.  

The genera name originates from the old Latin name for Ficus carica which was from the Persian word fica. The species name after Edward A. Goldman, 1873-1946, an US-American botanist.