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Taxon:  Ficus sycomorus L.



Summary
Genus:
Ficus
Section:
Sycomorus
Family:
Moraceae
Tribe:
Ficeae
Nomen number:
17000
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1059. 1753
Verified:
03/06/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Ficus sycomorus L. subsp. sycomorus

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ficus cocculifolia Baker
Ficus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) A. Rich.
Ficus sycomorus L. subsp. gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C. C. Berg
Ficus trachyphylla (Miq.) Miq.
Sycomorus gnaphalocarpa Miq.
Sycomorus trachyphylla Miq.
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Reference(s)
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  4. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flore du Cameroun.
  5. Berg, C. C. 1986. The Ficus species (Moraceae) of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 8:24-25.
  6. Berg, C. C. 1989. Moraceae. Flora of tropical East Africa. 54, 56.
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  17. Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria 291. Note: = Ficus sycamorus var. gnaphalocarpa
  18. Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
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Common names
English
mulberry fig –
pharoah fig –
sycamore fig –
sycomore –
Arabic
gemmeiz –
French
figuier d'Adam –
figuier d'Egypte –
figuier sycomore –
German
Eselsfeige –
Sykomore –
Spanish
higuera loca –
sicomoro –
Swedish
sykomorfikon –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana n.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia w. & s.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana (n.), Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia (w. & s.), Yemen
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Environmentalornamental Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
Human foodfruit Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
Human foodfruit Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Materialswood Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria 291. Note: = Ficus sycamorus var. gnaphalocarpa
Materialswood Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=17000. Accessed 29 April 2025.