Moraceae
Creeping fig
Ficus pumila
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
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Common names
By language (22)
- Afrikaans
- Kruipende vy
- Arabic
- تين قزمي
- arz
- تين قزمى
- Bangla
- লতা বট
- Bulgarian
- Фикус джудже
- cdo
- Păng-bùng-lèng
- Chinese
- 薜荔, 凉粉子, 凉粉果, 壁石虎, 木瓜藤, 木莲, 木蓮, 木饅頭
- English
- Creeping fig, Climbingfig
- Hebrew
- פיקוס זוחל
- Indonesian
- Dolar rambat
- Italian
- Fico rampicante
- Japanese
- オオイタビ, プミラ
- lah
- چڑی پنجہ
- Lithuanian
- Smulkusis fikusas, Laipiojantysis fikusas
- lzh
- 薜荔
- Malay
- Ara jalar
- Malayalam
- മതിൽപറ്റി
- Persian
- انجیر چسب
- Russian
- Фикус карликовый
- Tamil
- படர் அத்தி
- Urdu
- چڑی پنجہ
- Vietnamese
- Trầu cổ, Sung thằn lằn, Sộp, Thằn lằn, Vẩy ốc
Synonyms
- Ficus hanceana Maxim.
- Ficus longipedicellata H.Perrier
- Ficus pumila var. lutchuensis Koidz.
- Ficus pumila var. pumila
- Ficus repens var. lutchuensis Koidz.
- Ficus scandens Lam.
- Ficus stipulata Thunb.
- Ficus stipulata Lem.
- Ficus vestita Desf.
- Plagiostigma pumila (L.) Zucc.
- Urostigma scandens Liebm.
- Varinga repens Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to April, October to November (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 胡正恆(Jackson Hu), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Olivier Chiodi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Manuela Bibrach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Baluperoth, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Romain Strutynski, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sikander Iqbal, 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); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.