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This member of the Moraceae family was described
by Carl von Linnaeus in 1767. It is found in south and southeast
Asia and throughout the eastern Australia. It will grow in any kind
of soil with some to lots of water and some to lots of sun. It can
grow to 30 meters height and even wider.
I have been trying to grow this plant for many
years, trying to obtain the dense shape as I see in the tropics. It
have now succeeded: I turn it 135 degrees every week. It is
placed one meter inside from a western window, and it has always
water. Cutting it back a couple of times every year, and it is
exactly as I want it! It have been a
popular house- and office plant in Denmark for years. New knowledge
shows how bad an idea that was: The milk sap and dust in general
make a cocktail that enhances allergy. |
