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Bignoniaceae
Higuero de sierra
Crescentia portoricensis
Also known as Clusia, Mountain fig, Balsam fig
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Higuero · Puerto Rico Endemic · Tropical Tree · Rare · Bignoniaceae · Conservation · Cauliflorous · Collector Plant · Caribbean
Higuero de sierra is a rare endemic tree from Puerto Rico best suited to warm, humid outdoor environments with partial shade and consistent moisture. Plant in rich, well-draining soil and protect from frost, as this tropical species is cold-sensitive. It is prized for its conservation value and unique cauliflorous flowers, making it a collector's specimen for tropical gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly until moisture drains from the pot or saturates the root zone, then allow the top 2 inches of soil to dry · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–6
- Temperature
- 55°F to 100°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 9a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 25 ft
- Spread
- 16.7 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Puerto Rico
- Attracts
- Bees, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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