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Ficus pumila

Botanic Family

Moraceae

Author

Linnaeus

Cultivated

C, ornamental, with cultivars

Hardiness Zone

Min5C 9-11

Offspring

Ficus pumila 'Bellus', Ficus pumila 'Minima', Ficus pumila 'Quercifolia', Ficus pumila 'Sonny', Ficus pumila 'Variegata'

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryuku Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Laos
• Myanmar
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• May-Aug

Fruiting Times

• May-Aug (China)

Root-clinging evergreen scandent woody shrub or liana with green with coriaceous mostly glabrous dimorphous leaves to 100mm long. Red receptacles to 70mm x 40mm with deciduous subtending bracts, ripening purple pear-shaped fruit 60mm long. Juvenile stage only climbs

Leaves used medicinally, fruit used to make a jelly

Further References

• Rehder 1034
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997 : FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• USNH
• FOJ
• IFV