Ficus sycomorus

Not to be confused with Sycamore trees Platanus and Acer pseudoplatanus.

Ficus sycomorus
Leaves and syconia of Ficus sycomorus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Genus:	Ficus
Subgenus:	F. subg. Sycomorus
Species:	F. sycomorus
Binomial name
Ficus sycomorus L.
Synonyms
Ficus chanas Forssk. Ficus cocculifolia Baker Ficus cocculifolia subsp. sakalavarum (Baker) H.Perrier & Leandri Ficus cocculifolia var. sakalavarum (Baker) H.Perrier Ficus comorensis Warb. Ficus damarensis Engl. Ficus gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) Steud. ex Miq. Ficus integrifolia Sim, nom. illeg. homonym. post. Ficus sakalavarum Baker Ficus scabra Sim, nom. illeg. homonym. post. Ficus sycomorus subsp. gnaphalocarpa (Miq.) C.C.Berg Ficus trachyphylla (Fenzl ex Miq.) Miq. Sycomorus antiquorum Gasp. Sycomorus gnaphalocarpa Miq. Sycomorus rigida Miq. Sycomorus trachyphyllus Fenzl ex Miq.

Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times.