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Florida Strangler Fig
Moraceae

Florida Strangler Fig

Ficus aurea Nutt.

Ficus aurea (Florida strangler fig) is a monoecious strangler fig native to Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America, with a specialized mutualism with fig wasps.

Roxburgh fig
Moraceae

Roxburgh fig

Ficus auriculata Lour.

Ficus auriculata Lour. is a small dioecious fig tree with edible fruits, native to South and East Asia.

Indian banyan
Moraceae

Indian banyan

Ficus benghalensis L.

Ficus benghalensis is a spreading evergreen banyan tree that spreads via aerial roots and relies on birds for seed germination.

Milk Tree
Moraceae

Milk Tree

Ficus benguetensis Merr.

Ficus benguetensis is an Asian fig species with unique fig nectaries, supporting diverse wasps and ants.

Weeping fig
Moraceae

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina L.

Ficus benjamina is a fig tree widely grown as an ornamental shade tree and popular indoor houseplant.

common fig
Moraceae

common fig

Ficus carica L.

Ficus carica, the common fig, is a widely cultivated deciduous tree grown for its edible fruit.

Stem-fruited Fig
Moraceae

Stem-fruited Fig

Ficus caulocarpa (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus caulocarpa is a flowering tree species in the Moraceae family native to southeastern Asia and New Guinea.

Shortleaf Fig
Moraceae

Shortleaf Fig

Ficus citrifolia Mill.

Ficus citrifolia is a fig tree that starts as an epiphyte, produces edible sweet fruit, and may provide therapeutic extracts for chemotherapy patients.

creek sandpaper fig
Moraceae

creek sandpaper fig

Ficus coronata Spin

Ficus coronata (sandpaper fig) is a small Australian fig tree with rough sandpaper-like leaves, edible fruit, and cultivated uses.

rubber plant
Moraceae

rubber plant

Ficus elastica Roxb.

Ficus elastica Roxb. is a large banyan fig tree with natural range from Nepal to Southeast Asia, known for living root bridges in India.

Japanese fig
Moraceae

Japanese fig

Ficus erecta Thunb.

Ficus erecta, the Japanese fig, is a flowering Moraceae plant native to East and South Asia, used for food, fiber, ornament, and fig breeding research.

Common yellow-stem fig
Moraceae

Common yellow-stem fig

Ficus fistulosa Reinw. ex Blume

Ficus fistulosa is a fig species that has greenish yellow ripe fruit, and fruit bats feed on its figs in Hong Kong.

Mountain rock fig
Moraceae

Mountain rock fig

Ficus glumosa Delile

Ficus glumosa Delile is a fig plant with distinct bark, leaf and fruit traits, whose fruit is eaten by many animals.

Opposite Leaf Fig
Moraceae

Opposite Leaf Fig

Ficus hispida L.fil.

Ficus hispida, the opposite leaf fig, is a functionally dioecious small fig tree native from South Asia to northern Australia.

red-leaved fig
Moraceae

red-leaved fig

Ficus ingens (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus ingens is a fig species native to Africa and southern Oman with recorded uses and specific wasp associates.

Wild Fig
Moraceae

Wild Fig

Ficus insipida Willd.

Ficus insipida is a neotropical fig tree, whose latex is used as an anthelmintic and to produce the enzyme ficin.

Ficus luschnathiana (Miq.) Miq.
Moraceae

Ficus luschnathiana (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus luschnathiana (Miq.) Miq.

Ficus luschnathiana is a Moraceae plant species found in five countries in South America.

Giantleaf Fig
Moraceae

Giantleaf Fig

Ficus lutea Vahl

Ficus lutea Vahl is a large African fig tree that grows in multiple forest and woodland habitats across West, East, and Southern Africa.

Moreton Bay fig
Moraceae

Moreton Bay fig

Ficus macrophylla Pers.

Ficus macrophylla, the Moreton Bay fig, is a large evergreen fig tree native to eastern Australia, used widely in cultivation.

Chinese banyan
Moraceae

Chinese banyan

Ficus microcarpa L.fil.

Ficus microcarpa is a large tropical fig tree, widely planted ornamentally, and invasive in many introduced warm regions.

Natal fig
Moraceae

Natal fig

Ficus natalensis Hochst.

Ficus natalensis is a cultural and commercially useful Moraceae tree grown for bonsai and barkcloth, with antimicrobial properties.

Ficus obtusifolia Kunth
Moraceae

Ficus obtusifolia Kunth

Ficus obtusifolia Kunth

Ficus obtusifolia Kunth is a tree that grows up to 45m tall, with defined leaf and fig characteristics.

Sandpaper Fig
Moraceae

Sandpaper Fig

Ficus opposita Miq.

Ficus opposita is an Australian fig, commonly called sandpaper fig, that bears edible fruit and has leaves used to treat skin infections.

Petiolate Fig
Moraceae

Petiolate Fig

Ficus petiolaris Kunth

Ficus petiolaris Kunth is a Mexican tree grown as a houseplant, with a history of traditional paper-making and medicinal use.

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