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Internal ID UUID64401ca88612f792673487
Scientific name Ficus sycomorus
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 1059 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Sycomorus trachyphyllus Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 110 (1848)
Sycomorus gnaphalocarpus Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 113 (1848)
Ficus chanas Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 219 (1775)
Ficus cocculifolia Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 521 (1887)
Ficus comorensis Warb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 152 (1894)
Ficus damarensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 5 (1888)
Ficus gnaphalocarpa Steud. ex Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 113 (1848)
Ficus integrifolia Sim Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr. 101 (1909).
Ficus sakalavarum Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 523 (1887)
Ficus scabra Sim Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr. 102 (1909).
Ficus sycomorus subsp. gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C.Berg Adansonia , n.s., 20: 272 (1980)
Ficus trachyphylla (Miq.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 295 1867
Ficus cocculifolia subsp. sakalavarum (Baker) H.Perrier & Leandri in Fl. Madag. 55: 44 1952
Ficus cocculifolia var. sakalavarum (Baker) H.Perrier Arch. Bot. Bull. Mens. 2: 146 1928
Ficus sycomorus var. alnea Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1013 1900
Ficus sycomorus var. polybotrya Hiern Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1014 1900
Ficus sycomorus var. prodigiosa Welw. Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 1012 1900
Sycomorus antiquorum Gasp. Ric. Caprifico : 86 (1845)
Ficus trachyphylla Fenzl Flora 27(1): 311, nomen. 1844
Sycomorus rigida Miq. London J. Bot. 7: 110 (1848)
Sycomorus trachyphylla Miq.

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Language Common/alternative name
English fig-mulberry
English sycamore fig
English sycomore
Afrikaans trosvy
Amharic ሾላ
Arabic جميز
Bambara sutoro
Catalan figa de sicòmor
Catalan sicòmor
Czech moruše fíková
Czech fíkovník egyptský
Czech smokvoň egyptská
Czech oslí fík
Czech fíkovník sykamora
Danish morbær-figen
dag kinkaŋ saɣisigu
dag kinkaŋ salgu
dag kiŋkaŋa
German eselsfeige
German maulbeerfeige
German sykomore
German sykomoren
German maulbeer-feige
Greek Συκομουριά
Esperanto sikomoro
Basque sikomoro
Persian انجیر سیکامور
Finnish sykomoriviikuna
Finnish sykomori
French figuier sycomore
Galician sicómoro
Hebrew שקמה
Hebrew שיקמה
Hebrew פיקוס השקמה
Croatian magareća smokva
Croatian sikomora
Hungarian szikomorfa
Hungarian szikomorfüge
io sikomoro
Japanese エジプトイチジク
Georgian სიკომორო
Kikuyu mũkũyũ (ficus sycomorus)
Korean 돌무화과
Korean 돌무화과나무
Norwegian Bokmål morbærfiken
Dutch sycamore vijg
Dutch sycomore
Dutch egyptische vijgenboom
Dutch sycamorevijg
Dutch wilde vijgenboom
Norwegian Nynorsk morbærfiken
Polish sykomora
Polish figa morwowa
Polish figowiec sykomora
Punjab توتی پھگواڑہ
Portuguese sicômoro
Portuguese sicómoro
Portuguese figueira-doida
Portuguese figueira doida
Russian Сикомора
Russian Сикомор
Slovenian sikomora
Swedish mullbärsfikonträd
Swedish sykomor
Swahili mugumo
Thai มะเดื่อฟาโรห์
Turkish cümbez
Ukrainian Сикомор
Chinese 埃及無花果
Chinese 西克莫无花果
Chinese 西克莫無花果
Chinese 非洲桑叶榕

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • Western Asia
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000690537
UNII A1ON63U3IA
USDA Plants FISY2
Tropicos 21300861
INPN 807349
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:853797-1
The Plant List kew-2812503
Open Tree Of Life 221053
NCBI Taxonomy 182129
IUCN Red List 146188430
IPNI 853797-1
iNaturalist 340164
GBIF 5361921
Freebase /m/0b0h4v
EPPO FIUSY
EOL 491538
USDA GRIN 17000
Wikipedia Ficus_sycomorus

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Seasonal fluctuation and alternative host plants of vegetable crop-infesting tephritids in non-vegetable growing areas in South Sudanese zone of Burkina Faso Zida I, Sawadogo A, Nacro S J Insect Sci 04-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11069279
doi:10.1093/jisesa/ieae047
PMID:38703099
Radiocarbon chronology of Iron Age Jerusalem reveals calibration offsets and architectural developments Regev J, Gadot Y, Uziel J, Chalaf O, Shalev Y, Roth H, Shalom N, Szanton N, Bocher E, Pearson CL, Brown DM, Mintz E, Regev L, Boaretto E Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 29-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11087761
doi:10.1073/pnas.2321024121
PMID:38683984
Diversity and Distribution of Avifauna in the Northeast of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia Desalegn T, Abebe B ScientificWorldJournal 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11045286
doi:10.1155/2024/5592074
PMID:38665230
Wetland vegetation composition and ecology of Lake Abaya in southern Ethiopia Gojamme DU PLoS One 10-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11006174
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0301795
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Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Status of Regeneration in Pugnido Forest, Gambella Region, Western Ethiopia Masresha G, Melkamu Y, Mulu G Scientifica (Cairo) 04-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11008979
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PMID:38605976
Alternative Approaches to Feeding Small Ruminants and Their Potential Benefits Boudalia S, Smeti S, Dawit M, Senbeta EK, Gueroui Y, Dotas V, Bousbia A, Symeon GK Animals (Basel) 14-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10967440
doi:10.3390/ani14060904
PMID:38540002
Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by indigenous and local communities of Dugda District, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia Oda BK, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10924356
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00665-0
PMID:38461267
Medicinal Plants Used by Oromo Community in Kofale District, West-Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Nuro GB, Tolossa K, Giday M J Exp Pharmacol 05-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10929209
doi:10.2147/JEP.S449496
PMID:38476311
Ethnobotanical study of traditional medicinal plants used by the local Gamo people in Boreda Abaya District, Gamo Zone, southern Ethiopia Zemede J, Mekuria T, Ochieng CO, Onjalalaina GE, Hu GW J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10900619
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00666-z
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PMCID:PMC10974239
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PMID:38543073
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PMCID:PMC10869191
doi:10.1155/2024/5563636
PMID:38361969
Polyherbal Combinations Used by Traditional Health Practitioners against Mental Illnesses in Bamako, Mali, West Africa Moussavi N, Mounkoro PP, Dembele SM, Ballo NN, Togola A, Diallo D, Sanogo R, Wangensteen H, Paulsen BS Plants (Basel) 04-Feb-2024
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PMID:38337987
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