Moraceae
Lagos rubbertree
Ficus lutea
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Reuseblaarvy
- English
- Lagos rubbertree
- Finnish
- Keltaviikuna, Kuristajafiikus, Kuristajaviikuna
- Hausa
- Ɓauren kurmi
Synonyms
- Ficus akaie De Wild.
- Ficus apodocephala Baker
- Ficus arimensis Britton
- Ficus baronii Baker
- Ficus cabrae Warb.
- Ficus holstii Warb.
- Ficus incognita De Wild.
- Ficus kaba De Wild.
- Ficus lanigera Warb.
- Ficus nautarum Baker
- Ficus nekbudu Warb.
- Ficus neumanni Cels ex Kunth & C.D.Bouché
- Ficus neumannii Kunth & Bouché
- Ficus pseudovogelii Cheval.
- Ficus quibeba Welw. ex Ficalho
- Ficus senegalensis Miq.
- Ficus subcalcarata Warb. & Schweinf
- Ficus subcalcarata var. vestitobracteata (Warb.) Mildbr. & Burret
- Ficus trichosphaera Baker
- Ficus utilis Sim
- Ficus verrucocarpa Warb.
- Ficus vestito-bracteata Warb.
- Ficus vogelii (Miq.) Miq.
- Ficus vogelii var. pubicarpa Mildbr. & Burret
- Ficus xanthophylla Steud. ex Miq.
- Urostigma luteum Miq.
- Urostigma neumannii (Cels ex K.Koch & C.D.Bouché) Miq.
- Urostigma vogelii Miq.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mika42, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yvonne muthoni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: VKimata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mijoro Rakotoarinivo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Theodore Weilbach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Atamari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Ficus
- Rubber plantFicus elasticaMoraceae
- Weeping figFicus benjaminaMoraceae
- Fiddle-leaf figFicus lyrataMoraceae
- Creeping figFicus pumilaMoraceae
- FigFicus caricaMoraceae
- Peepul treeFicus religiosaMoraceae
- BanyanFicus benghalensisMoraceae
- Sycamore figFicus sycomorusMoraceae
- Cluster figFicus racemosaMoraceae
- Mountain figFicus virensMoraceae
- Chinese banyanFicus microcarpaMoraceae
- Opposite-leaved figFicus hispidaMoraceae
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.