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Ficus pumila

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Ficus pumila

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species of plant

Species

creeping fig

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRosales
  5. FamilyMoraceae
Observations18,674
Observations recorded10,376

Chile Central

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
884
With media
621
Family
Moraceae
Collections
CICY, UJAT, INECOL, IIB-UV, CHSC, DAV
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Nicaragua, Brazil, Guatemala, Philippines

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Encyclopedic overview

Ficus pumila, commonly known as the creeping fig or climbing fig, is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, native to East Asia (southern China, southern Japan,southern Korea, Vietnam) and naturalised in parts of the southeastern and south-central United States. It is also found in cultivation as a houseplant. The Latin specific epithet pumila means "dwarf", and refers to the very small leaves of the plant.

Description

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ficus pumila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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