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Ficus microcarpa was widely distributed as an ornamental plant and is one of the most common street trees in warm climates.

The symbiotic pollinating fig wasp, Eupristina verticillata, was introduced along with F. microcarpa.

Such an introduction, however, can be delayed: in Brazil-where specimens of the tree had been used in gardening since the nineteenth century, when it was introduced by the French architect Auguste François Marie Glaziou into various public parks of Rio de Janeiro-the appearance of saplings began only during the 1970s.

Such saplings are considered to be very aggressive, as they can grow in the walls of buildings, bridges, highways, and other concrete structures.

The tree is considered a major invasive species in Hawaii, Florida, Bermuda, Central America, and South America.