(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Ficus; Section: Ficus; Subsection: Ficus)
Ethiopia to India and Nepal.
Pollinator: Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus).
Thickets along watercourses, between altitudes of 1700 and 2400m.
Very closely related to Ficus carica. The two species are probably conspecific.
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