General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Plant Height: 40 to 80 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Both upper and lower surfaces covered in stiff hairs, giving a sandpapery feel.
Fruit: Showy
Other: Small fig like fruits, reddish-orange at maturity.
Fruiting Time: Late winter or early spring
Winter
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Shade Tree
Useful for timber production
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Wasps
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

Common names
  • Sandpaper Tree
  • Sandpaper Fig
  • Sandpaper Leaf Tree
  • White Fig

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