Triangle fig
Ficus triangularis
Also called Triangular fig and Sweetheart tree
Houseplant · Trees & big statementsThe leaf really is a triangle — flat across the top, tapering to the stalk — and it is the only fig you can name from across a room. It sulks and drops the lot if moved, exactly like its cousin the weeping fig.
Care at a glance
- Ease
- Medium
- Water
- Every 8 daysDrench and drain — water the whole surface until it runs from the holes.
- Light
- Bright indirect
- Feed
- Every 45 days
- Humidity
- Average to high
- Hardiness
- Indoors, or out in high summer RHS H1B, to 10°C
- Size
- 1.2 m tall · 0.8 m across
- Lifecycle
- Tree
- Origin
- West and Central Africa
Is it safe for pets and people?
PetsToxic to pets
Affects dogs, cats, horses. Signs: mouth and gut irritation if chewed; a skin rash wherever the milky sap touches.
PeopleIrritates skin
The milky sap, from any cut surface.
HandlingTake care handling it
RHS category C. The sap is a latex — wear gloves to prune and wash it off skin at once.
Checked against ASPCA and RHS on 2026-08-05.
A guide, not veterinary or medical advice. If a pet or a person has eaten a plant and you are worried, call your vet or doctor now — don’t wait for signs to appear. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.
First signs of trouble
- It sheds a third of its leaves within a fortnight of being repotted or shifted across a room. Put it somewhere and leave it.Leaf drop after a move · disorder