Moraceae

Fiddle-leaf fig

Ficus lyrata Warb.

Family: Moraceae
Genus: Ficus

Fiddle-leaf fig: This photo is from Gardenology.org and is available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. If you use it, please include attribution to Gardenology.org, with a link if the — Fruit: figsPhoto: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)

Chinese: 琴葉榕
English: Fiddle-leaf fig, Fiddleleaf fig
French: Figuier lyre
German: Geigenfeige
Portuguese: Ficus-lira, Figueira-lira
Slovenian: Lirastolistni fikus

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

Fruit: figsPhoto: Raffi Kojian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: Patrick Waldhart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
LeavesPhoto: Marie-Claire Marchand, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Whole plantPhoto: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Whole plantPhoto: Filippo Baldoni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Fruit: figPhoto: tom Tom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Whole plantPhoto: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: Rivero Ramón, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Whole plantPhoto: Casliber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
LeavesPhoto: jose, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Bark or stemPhoto: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.