Ficus pumila

Creeping fig
F. pumila foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Ficeae
Genus: Ficus
Subgenus: F. subg. Synoecia
Species:
F. pumila
Binomial name
Ficus pumila
L. 1753 not Thunb. 1786
Synonyms
List
  • Ficus hanceana Maxim.
  • Ficus longipedicellata H.Perrier
  • Ficus pumila var. lutchuensis Koidz.
  • Ficus repens var. lutchuensis Koidz.
  • Ficus scandens Lam.
  • Ficus stipulata Thunb. 1786
  • Ficus stipulata Lem. 1843
  • Ficus vestita Desf.
  • Plagiostigma pumila Zucc.
  • Plagiostigma stipulata Zucc.
  • Tenorea heterophylla Gasp.
  • Urostigma scandens (Lam.) Liebm.
  • Varinga repens Raf.

Ficus pumila, commonly known as the creeping fig or climbing fig, is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, native to East Asia (China, Japan, Vietnam) and naturalized in parts of the southeastern and south-central United States. It is also found in cultivation as a houseplant. The Latin specific epithet pumila means "dwarf", and refers to the very small leaves of the plant.

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