Moraceae

Wild banyantree

Ficus citrifolia Mill.

Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 橙叶榕
English: Wild banyantree
Hausa: Bishiyoyi

Synonyms

Caprificus gigantea (Kunth) Gasp.
Ficus antimanensis Pittier
Ficus botryapioides Kunth & C.D.Bouché
Ficus brevifolia Nutt.
Ficus caribaea Jacq.
Ficus catesbaei Steud.
Ficus caucana Dugand
Ficus citrifolia subsp. brevifolia (Nutt.) A.E.Murray
Ficus citrifolia var. brevifolia (Nutt.) D'Arcy
Ficus eximia f. paraguariensis Hassl.
Ficus eximia var. cubensis Miq.
Ficus foveata Pittier
Ficus foveolata Pittier ex Tamayo
Ficus gentlei Lundell
Ficus gigantea Kunth
Ficus guanarensis Pittier
Ficus guaranitica Chodat
Ficus laevigata Vahl
Ficus laevigata subvar. portoricensis (Urb.) Urb.
Ficus laevigata subvar. subcordata (Warb.) Urb.
Ficus laevigata subvar. subcuspidata (Warb.) Stehlé & Quentin
Ficus laevigata subvar. subdepressa (Warb.) Stehlé & Quentin
Ficus laevigata var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Rossberg
Ficus laevigata var. genuina Urb.
Ficus laevigata var. hispaniolae (Warb.) Rossberg
Ficus laevigata var. lentiginosa Urb.
Ficus lentiginosa Vahl
Ficus lentiginosa var. imrayana Domin
Ficus lentiginosa var. subcuspidata (Warb.) Domin
Ficus oblongata Link
Ficus pedunculata Vahl
Ficus pedunculata var. acuta Nutt.
Ficus planicostata Kunth & C.D.Bouché
Ficus populifolia Desf.
Ficus populnea Willd.
Ficus populnea f. botryapioides (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Warb.
Ficus populnea subvar. cerasicarpa Warb.
Ficus populnea subvar. flavicosta Warb.
Ficus populnea subvar. floridana Warb.
Ficus populnea subvar. longipetiolata Warb.

and 37 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Riba, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: tonyo mizerio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Jean.claude, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Barnard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Robert Elkins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Photo: Ji-Elle, 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.