In addition to competing with natural vegetation, the roots can cause damage to structures and roadways. Seed distributed by birds.
Trees begin as epiphytes on host trees.
Requires a species-specific wasp for pollination. India, now widely cultivated. Trees found growing on concrete or rock structures should be treated with herbicide while young to avoid costly structural damage. Use extreme caution when applying herbicide to figs growing as epiphytes to ensure that the poison does not contact the host tree. When exotic figs germinate high in the branches of large trees in natural forest communities, it may be extraordinarily difficult to get close enough to the fig to treat it.