Moraceae
Florida strangler fig
Ficus aurea
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- تين ذهبي
- arz
- تين ذهبى
- Basque
- Pikondo itotzaile
- Bulgarian
- Златен фикус
- English
- Florida strangler fig
- Hebrew
- פיקוס חונק
- Malayalam
- ഫൈകസ് ഓറിയ
- Nepali
- समी
- Russian
- Фикус золотистый
- Tamil
- மரத்தைக் கொல்லும் மரம்
Synonyms
- Ficus aurea var. latifolia Nutt.
- Ficus cabusana Standl. & Steyerm.
- Ficus ciliolosa Link
- Ficus cookii Standl.
- Ficus dimidiata Griseb.
- Ficus isophlebia Standl.
- Ficus jimenezii Standl.
- Ficus laterisyce W.C.Burger
- Ficus lundellii Standl.
- Ficus mayana Lundell
- Ficus rigidula Lundell
- Ficus sapotifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus sororia Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus tecolutensis (Liebm.) Miq.
- Ficus tuerckheimii Standl.
- Ficus venusta Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus warczewiczii (Miq.) Miq.
- Urostigma tecolutense Liebm.
- Urostigma venustum (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
- Urostigma warszewiczii Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Forest Starr and Kim Starr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, 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.