Ficus pumila
COMMON NAME | Creeping fig or climbing fig |
TYPE | Vine |
FAMILY | Moraceae |
NOTES | A
woody evergreen liana, growing 15 feet or more when grown outdoors. The
juvenile foliage is much smaller and thinner than mature leaves produced as
the plant ages. In Latin ‘pumila’ means "dwarf", and refers to
those juvenile small leaves of the plant. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Southern China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Widely
found in varying locations |
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