Dinner Plate Fig vases slightly recurving pinnate leaves with

slightly recurving pinnate leaves with stiff narrow leaflets

the plant is frequently but not always shaded by surrounding vegetation

use it as the perfect house or conservatory plant

large almond shaped leaves grow on long vines which will eventually put out heavily scented clusters of pale pink/creamy star shaped flowers

Dinner Plate Fig vases slightly recurving pinnate leaves withFicus dammaropsis, or Dinner Plate Fig, is a tropical fig tree with huge pleated leaves 60cm across and up to 90cm in length on petioles as much as 35cm long and 2. 5cm thick. These emerge from a stipular sheath up to 35cm long, one of the largest of any dicotyledon. The fruit, is the world's largest fig (syconia), up to 15 cm across, and are edible but rarely eaten except as famine food. They are pollinated by the tiny fig wasp Ceratosolon abnormis