For the jelly-fig plant to be able to flower and set fruit, it needs to climb right up into the crown of its host tree, so that its leaves can get ample sunshine. In a good year, a wild jelly-fig plant growing on a large tree can produce 3000 jelly figs.
愛玉枝葉更須奮力往上攀竄，直到樹冠上方，充分享受陽光洗禮，才能開花結實。在野外，一棵攀附於大樹上的愛玉子，豐年時可以結出三千顆果實。