Moraceae
Jamaican cherry fig
Ficus americana
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- تين أمريكي
- arz
- تين امريكى
- Chinese
- 大苞榕
- English
- Jamaican cherry fig, Mata-pau, West Indian laurel fig
- Malayalam
- ഫൈക്കസ് അമേരിക്കാന
- Persian
- انجیر آمریکایی
- Portuguese
- Mata-pau, Figueira-vermelha
Synonyms
- Ficus arbutifolia Link
- Ficus chiriquiana (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus consanguinea Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus eugeniifolia Hemsl.
- Ficus fadyeni Miq.
- Ficus georgii Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Ficus jacquinaefolia A.Rich.
- Ficus liebmanniana (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus oerstediana Miq.
- Ficus omphalophora Warb.
- Ficus perforata L.
- Ficus perforata f. roseiflora Chodat
- Ficus periplocifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus sintenisii Warb.
- Ficus wilsonii Warb.
- Urostigma chiriquianum Miq.
- Urostigma consanguineum (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
- Urostigma eugeniifolium Liebm.
- Urostigma liebmannianum Miq.
- Urostigma oerstediana Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Francisco Emilio Roldán Velasco, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: margaritarestrepou, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: T-34-85, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matiz Enrique Matiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Nicolás Baresch Uribe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H.t, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: juan_carlos_caicedo_hdz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.