Ficus pumila
The story
The climbing fig carries a name rooted in ancient language. When botanists looked at its tiny, creeping foliage, they chose the Latin word "pumilus," meaning "dwarf," to describe its miniature leaves. This diminutive traveler from the mulberry family journeyed from its native home in East Asia—including China, Japan, and Vietnam—to become a beloved houseplant and a naturalized climber in the southern United States.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Moraceae
How to use it
Ficus pumila is a versatile flowering plant from the mulberry family that is widely grown in cultivation as a houseplant.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
About
Ficus pumila (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. The etymology of the species name corresponds to the Latin word pumilus meaning dwarf, and refers to the very small leaves of the plant.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Ficus pumila
- Slug
- ficus-pumila
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- pumila
- Wikidata QID
- Q2360517
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
summaryinaturalist
fun_facts_kidsllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus pumila
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_pumila
fun_facts_adultllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus pumila
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_pumila
storyllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus pumila
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_pumila
how_to_usellm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus pumila
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus_pumila