Moraceae

Fig

Ficus carica L.

Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus

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Fig (Ficus carica) — FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (151)

aeb: كرموس
Afrikaans: Vy
Albanian: Fiku
Amharic: ተራ በለስ
Arabic: تين, التين, تين شائع, شجرة التين
Aragonese: Figuera
arc: ܬܐܢܬܐ
Armenian: Թուզ
ary: الكرموس
arz: تين برشومى
Assamese: ডিমৰু
Asturian: Figal, Figal brava
azb: عادی انجیر
Azerbaijani: Adi əncir, Hirkan ənciri
ba: Инжир
ban: Ara
Bangla: আঞ্জির
Basque: Pikondo
Belarusian: Смакоўніца, Інжыр, Вінная ягада, Фігавае дрэва
bik: Igos
bo: མེ་ཏོག་མེད་པའི་ཤིང་ཏོག, མེ་ཏོག་མེད་པའི་ཤིང་འབྲས་
Bosnian: Smokva, Smokve
Bulgarian: Смокиня, Смокини
Burmese: ကတွတ်ပင်
Cantonese: 無花果
Catalan: Figuera, Cabrafiguera
cdo: Ù-huă-guō
Central Kurdish: ھەنجیر, هەنجیر
Chinese: 无花果, 無花果, 優曇缽, 底珍, 底珍樹, 映日果, 無花果樹, 無花菓
chy: Vóhkooheme
Corsican: Ficu
Croatian: Obična smokva
cu: Сѷкоморїꙗ, Смоковьница, Сѷкоморі́ꙗ
cv: Инжир
Czech: Fíkovník smokvoň, Vlašský stromek
Danish: Almindelig figen
Divehi: ވައްތީނި
Dutch: Vijgenboom
eml: Fîg
English: Fig, Edible fig, Common fig, Fig plant
Esperanto: Vera figo
Estonian: Harilik viigipuu
Filipino: Igos, Common ficus, Common fig, Common fig tree, F carica, F. carica, Fig, Figs
Finnish: Aitoviikuna
fj: Lolo
French: Caprifiguier, Figuier, Figuier comestible, Figuier Commun
frr: Echt Fiig
fur: Figâr, Fic, Fiâr
Galician: Figueira
Georgian: Ლეღვი
German: Echte Feige, Asvatha, Feige, Feigenbaum
glk: انجیر
grc: Συκέα
Greek: Συκιά, Συκέα
Gujarati: અંજીર
gv: Fig, Billey figgagh
hak: Vù-fâ-kó
Hawaiian: Fiku
Hebrew: תאנה, דבלה, פיקוס התאנה
Hindi: अंजीर
hsb: Prawy figowc, Smokwica
Hungarian: Közönséges füge, Füge, Fügefa
hyw: Թուզ
Icelandic: Fíkjutré, Fíkja
Indonesian: Tin, Fig, Tiin
inh: Инжир
Interlingua: Fichiero
io: Figo
Irish: Fige
Italian: Caprifico, Fico, Ficoraccia
Japanese: イチジク, いちじく, ムカカ, ムカカヨウ, 映日果, 無花果, 無花果葉
Javanese: Woh Tin
kab: Agrur
Kannada: ಅಂಜೂರ
Kazakh: Інжір
kbd: Ахъо
koi: Инжир
Korean: 무화과나무, 무화과
kv: Инжир
Kyrgyz: Анжыр
lah: انجیر
Latvian: Vīģeskoks, Vīģe, Vīģes, Vīģes koks
lbe: Инжир
Lingala: Figi
Lithuanian: Skiautėtalapis fikusas
Luxembourgish: Fig
lzh: 無花果
Macedonian: Смоква
mag: अञ्जीर
Malagasy: Aviavy
Malayalam: അത്തി, Common fig, ശീമഅത്തി, ശീമയത്തി
Marathi: अंजीर, फायकस कॅरिका
mnc: ᡳᠯᡥᠠᡴᡡ ᡨᡠᠪᡳᡥᡝ, ᡠᡩᡠᠮᠪᠠᡵᠠ
mrj: Инжир
mwl: Figo
mzn: انجیل دار
nah: Hicoxcuahuitl
nap: Fìguere
Norwegian Bokmål: Fikentre
Norwegian Nynorsk: Fikentre
Occitan: Figuièra, Figier, Figiera, Figuier, Figuiera, Figuièr, Figèir, Figèira
os: Легъуи, Инжир, Легъуибæлас
Pashto: اينځر
Persian: انجیر
Polish: Figowiec pospolity, Figa karyjska, Figa pospolita
Portuguese: Figueira-comum, Brebas, Figo, Figueira da Europa, Figueira-da-europa
Punjabi: ਅੰਜੀਰ
Quechua: Igu, Higo, Higuera, Igu k'aspi, Igu kaspi
Romanian: Smochin, Smochină
Russian: Инжир, Викус колхидский, Винная ягода, Дерево винноягодное, Дерево десносмоковное, Инжир колхидский, Инжир обыкновенный, Смирнская ягода
Sanskrit: प्लाक्षफलम्
sat: ᱞᱚᱣᱟ
sc: Figu
scn: Ficu, Ficara
sco: Common feg
Serbian: Смоква, Смокве
Serbian (Latin): Smokva
shi: Azar
shn: တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇလိူဝ်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇလိူဝ်ႇသၢင်းၽေႃး
Sindhi: انجير
Slovak: Figovník obyčajný
Slovenian: Navadni smokvovec, Figa, Figovec, Smokva
smn: Viigunmuorâ
Spanish: Ashuatta, Higuera
Sundanese: Tin
Swahili: Mtini, Tini
Swedish: Fikon, Fikonträd
Tajik: Анҷир
Tamil: அத்தி, அத்திப்பழம், அத்திமரம், நாட்டு அத்தி, வெள்ளை அத்தி
tcy: ಅರ್ತಿ
Telugu: అంజూరం, అంజూరము, మంచి మేడి
Thai: มะเดื่อ, Figs, Figus, มะเดื่อญี่ปุ่น, โอ๊ก
Tongan: Fiki kai
Turkish: Incir
Turkmen: Injir
udm: Инжир
Ukrainian: Інжир, Смоква, Фіга, Фігове дерево
Urdu: انجیر
Uyghur: ئەنجۈر
Uzbek: Anjir, Anjirgul
vec: Figaro, Figher
Vietnamese: Sung ngọt
Walloon: Fikî ordinaire
Welsh: Ffigysbren
Wolof: Xël
wuu: 无花果
xmf: Ლუღი
Yiddish: פייג
Yoruba: Fig
Zulu: Ikhiwane
zza: İncil

Synonyms

Caprificus insectifera Gasp.
Caprificus leucocarpa Gasp.
Caprificus oblongata Gasp.
Caprificus pedunculata (Miq.) Gasp.
Caprificus rugosa (Miq.) Gasp.
Caprificus sphaerocarpa Gasp.
Ficus albescens Miq.
Ficus burdigalensis Poit. & Turpin
Ficus caprificus Risso
Ficus carica var. caprificus (Risso) Tschirch
Ficus carica var. domestica Czern. & Rav.
Ficus carica var. riparium Hausskn.
Ficus colchica Grossh.
Ficus colombra Gasp.
Ficus communis Lam.
Ficus deliciosa Gasp.
Ficus dottata Gasp.
Ficus globosa Miq.
Ficus hypoleuca Gasp.
Ficus hyrcana Grossh.
Ficus kopetdagensis Pachom.
Ficus latifolia Salisb.
Ficus leucocarpa Gasp.
Ficus macrocarpa Gasp.
Ficus neapolitana Miq.
Ficus pachycarpa Gasp.
Ficus pedunculata Miq.
Ficus polymorpha Gasp.
Ficus praecox Gasp.
Ficus regina hort. ex Miq.
Ficus rugosa Miq.
Ficus silvestris Risso

Flowers

In flower: February to October (from 48 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Plant problems

Fiddle leaf fig dropping leaves in fall: causes and fixesWhy your fiddle leaf fig drops leaves in fall, how to dial in autumn light and watering, and how to tell normal shedding apart from root rot.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dyhia YOUSFI, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Dmitry Lyskov, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Silverije, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnimaTer34120, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Enrique Leboran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: frecreo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: claude lerat-gentet Mme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.