Ficus aurea - the Florida strangler fig, golden fig, or higuerón, - is a large tree native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. It sometimes grows semi-epiphytically on cypress (Taxodium) or cabbage palms (Sabal palmetto) gradually strangling them and becoming a tree itself . It can flower all year round, and the flowers are followed by red or yellow stalkless figs, soft when ripe.
