Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Fruit
Origin
Tropical Asia
Mediterranean, Southeastern Asia
Types
-
Texas Everbearing Fig, Celeste Fig, Black Mission Fig
Number of Varieties
03
0
40000
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Habitat
Rocky Mountains, wastelands
Clay soil areas, Sandy areas, Well Drained
USDA Hardiness Zone
8-116-10
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
9-6
Sunset Zone
-
H1, H2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.00 cm300.00 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
40.00 cm450.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Green, Purple, Dark Green, Bronze, Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Dark Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Maple shaped
Irregular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Early Spring, Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Moist, Rich
Clay, Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Bedding, Container, Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Cuttings
Cuttings, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Water Deeply
Requires regular watering, Requires watering in the growing season, Water deeply about once a week
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Moist, Rich
Clay, Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Pruning
Remove dead leaves
Prune in fall, Prune in winter, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Use 6-6-6 amounts
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
-
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Birds
Allergy
-
Eye irritation, Poisonous
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
-
-
Beauty Benefits
-
Beautiful Skin, Glowing Skin, Moisturizing
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification, Food for birds, Food for insects, Nesting sites for birds, Shadow Tree
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
anti-cancer, Demulcent, Digestive, Emollient, Galactogogue, Laxative, Pectoral, Stomachic, Tonic
Part of Plant Used
Flowers
Fruits, Leaves, Wood
Other Uses
Used As Food
For making oil, Garland, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for woodware
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Vegetable
Container, Edible, Feature Plant, Fruit / Fruit Tree, Houseplant, Topiary / Bonsai / Espalier, Tropical
Botanical Name
Abelmoschus manihot
FICUS carica 'Brown Turkey'
Common Name
Aibika, hibiscus spinach, ibika, bele
Brown Turkey Fig, Fig
In Hindi
aibika
Brown Turkey Fig Tree
In German
Maniok-Bisameibisch
Brown Türkei Fig Tree
In French
L'Aibika
Brown Turquie Fig Tree
In Spanish
Aibika
Turquía marrón de la Higuera
In Greek
aibika
Μπράουν Τουρκία Fig Tree
In Portuguese
Aibika
Brown Figueira Turquia
In Polish
aibika
Brown Turkey Fig Tree
In Latin
aibika
Brown, p Turcia ligno
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
-
Order
Malvales
Rosales
Family
Malvaceae
Moraceae
Genus
Abelmoschus
Ficus
Clade
-
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
Tribe
-
Ficeae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
15750
1
27800
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