Moraceae

Council tree

Ficus altissima Blume

Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus

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Council tree (Ficus altissima) — LeavesPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: تين باسق
Cantonese: 高山榕
Chinese: 高山榕, 万年青, 大叶榕, 大青树, 藤黄连, 高榕, 鸡榕
English: Council tree, Lofty fig
Indonesian: Jerakah
Japanese: フィカス・アルティシマ
Malay: Pokok Ara Jeloteh
Thai: ไทรทอง, ต้นลุง, ลุง
Vietnamese: Đa

Synonyms

Ficus altissima f. laccifera (Roxb.) King
Ficus altissima var. laccifera (Roxb.) Prain
Ficus laccifera Roxb.
Ficus latifolia Oken
Urostigma altissimum (Blume) Miq.
Urostigma lacciferum (Roxb.) Miq.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

LeavesPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rasitha nellickal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: anna schurmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Luis Ángel Niño Barreat, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rasitha nellickal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel Hutton Ferris, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rasitha nellickal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: slashdev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jaro Guzinski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rasitha nellickal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.