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Latin name	Ficus dugandii Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Venezuela to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg? mes
Use	fr pl
Synonym	Ficus turbinata Pittier non Willd.
English name	Dugand fig
French name	figuier de Dugand
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Latin name	Ficus ekmanii Rossberg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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English name	Ekman fig
French name	figuier d'Ekman
Spanish name	jagüey (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ficus eximia Schott ex Spreng.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N M SC SE South America (Colombia to Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	dr (sap is used to eliminate wap, against teeth dolor) fr pl ti
Synonym	Ficus eximia var. glabra (Vell.) Miq. Ficus eximia f. paraguariensis Hassl. Ficus expansa Pittier Ficus foveata Pittier Ficus foveolata Pittier Ficus glandulosa Pittier Ficus guanarensis Pittier Ficus guaranitica Chodat Ficus paraguariensis Hassl. Ficus ruiziana Standl. Ficus turbinata Pittier Urostigma eximia (Schott ex Spreng.) Miq.
English name	excellent fig
French name	figuier excellent
Spanish name	agarrapalo, el arbol, el higuerón de corazón de piedra, higuera del monte higuerón, ibapoi moroti, mata palo, ñandipá, sin grasa, todo grasa (Argentina)
Other name	figueira, figueira-branca, figueira-brava, figueira-mata-pau, mata-pau (portuguese, Brazil)
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Latin name	Ficus goldmanii Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Ecology
Use	pl (living fences)
Synonym	Ficus hemsleyana Standl. Ficus verrucosa Hemsl. Urostigma verrucosum Liebm.
English name	Goldman fig
French name	figuier de Goldman
Spanish name	higuero (Honduras)
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Latin name	Ficus guajavoides Lundell
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala, Belize)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Ecology	calc
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English name	guavalike fig
French name	figuier faux-guayavier
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Other name	chimún (maya, Belize)
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Latin name	Ficus hartwegii (Miq.) Miq.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) NW MW MC South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hel mes
Use	fr sa ti
Synonym	Ficus brenesii Standl. Urostigma hartwegii Miq.
English name	Hartweg fig
French name	figuier de Hartweg
Spanish name	caucho, caucho rosado, conservo, mosco, topaz (Colombia)
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Latin name	Ficus havanensis Rossberg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	Havana fig
French name	figuier de La Havane
Spanish name	jagüey (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ficus hotteana Urb. & Ekman
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Dominican Republic)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
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English name	LaHotte fig
French name	figuier de La Hotte
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Latin name	Ficus insipida Willd.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N M S South America (Venezuela to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg mes
Use	dr (anthelmintic medicine, latex as vermifuge, creamy latex is used in native medicine as remedy for anemia) fr fw ma pl pp sa ti (boxes, wrapping)
Synonym	Ficus anthelminthica Mart. non Hassler Ficus glabrata Kunth Ficus krugiana Warb. Ficus laurifolia Duss non Lam. Ficus mexicana (Miq.) Miq. Ficus segoviae Miq.
English name	gouti fig; red fig (Belize)
French name	figuier agouti; figuier à agoutis, figuier maudit
Spanish name	amate (Mexico); amate de hijo grande (Colombia); amete de montaña (Honduras); bibosi (Bolivia); chilamate (Costa Rica, Nicaragua); cocoba (Bolivia); doctor ojé (Peru); gomelero (Bolivia); higo (Honduras, Nicaragua); higuero (Honduras); higuerón (Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela); higuerón de rio (Ecuador); ojé (Bolivia, Peru); siranda (Mexico)
Other name	figueira, figueira-do-brejo (portuguese, Brazil); huitoc (Peru); mata-pau (portuguese, Brazil); shomi (Peru)
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Latin name	Ficus insipida Willd. ssp. insipida
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW NC MW MC South America (Venezuela to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	xer
Use	dr (bark and fruits furnish an abundance of astringent latex highly esteemed locally as a vermifuge)
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English name	typical gouti fig
French name	figuier agouti typique
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Latin name	Ficus isophlebia Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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English name	equallyveined fig
French name	figuier à nervation égale
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Latin name	Ficus jimenezii Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Guatemala to Panama)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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English name	Jiménez fig
French name	figuier de Jiménez
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Latin name	Ficus laterisyce W.C.Burger
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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English name	lateral fig
French name	figuier latéral
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Latin name	Ficus macbridei Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Costa Rica, Panama) N MW South America (Venezuela to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ficus torresiana Standl.
English name	Macbride fig
French name	figuier de Macbride
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Latin name	Ficus maxima Mill.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, Cuba, Haiti) South America
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg calc
Use	dr fr fw ma (tissue) pl
Synonym	Ficus bopiana Rusby Ficus guapoi Hassl. non D.Parodi Ficus parkeri Miq. Ficus picardae Warb. Ficus plumerii Urb. Ficus radula A.Rich. Ficus radula Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ficus radula Willd. Ficus rubricosta Warb. Ficus sodiroi Rossberg Ficus subscabrida Warb. Ficus suffocans Griseb. Ficus ulei Rossberg Pharmacosycea guyanensis Miq. Pharmacosycea radula (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Liebm.
English name	greatest fig; fig, wild fig (Belize)
French name	figuier superbe
Spanish name	bibosi (Bolivia); ficus (Ecuador); higo, higo cimarrón; higuero (Honduras); jagüey de lavar, jagüey de rio, jagüey macho (Cuba); laurel (Venezuela); ojé (Peru); xoa (Bolivia)
Other name	pottó (campa asháninca, Peru); yanchama bujurki; yanchama caspi (Peru)
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Latin name	Ficus meizonochlamys Rossberg
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (end Cuba)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	?
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Synonym	Ficus meiaonochlamys Rossberg
English name	Rossberg fig
French name	figuier de Rossberg
Spanish name	jagüey (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ficus membranacea C.Wright
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba) MW South America (Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage
Ecology	hyg
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Synonym	Ficus crassinervia Combs non Willd. Ficus harrisii Warb.
English name	membranous fig
French name	figuier membraneux
Spanish name	jagüey, jagüey de vaca (Cuba)
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Latin name	Ficus morazaniana W.C.Burger
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
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Ecology
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Ficus lapathifolia auct. non (Liebm.) Miq.
English name	Morazán fig
French name	figuier de Morazán
Spanish name	amate, amate cusho (Guatemala); higueron (Costa Rica)
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Latin name	Ficus nymphaeifolia Mill.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua to Panama) N M South America (Venezuela to Peru, N Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M[L]
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Ecology
Use	dr
Synonym	Ficus anguina Benoist Ficus duquei Dugand Ficus ierensis Britton Ficus nymphoides Thunb. Ficus urbaniana Warb. Urostigma nymphaeifolium (Mill.) Miq.
English name	nymphaealeaf fig
French name	figuier à feuilles de nymphéa
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Latin name	Ficus obtusifolia Kunth
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N M South America (Venezuela to Bolivia)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel mes->xer
Use	fr pl sa ti
Synonym	Ficus bondplandiana (Liebm.) Miq. Ficus gardneriana (Miq.) Miq. Ficus involuta (Liebm.) Miq. Ficus pascuorum Pittier Ficus proctor-cooperi Standl. Urostigma gardnerianum Miq. Urostigma involutum Liebm.
English name	obtuseleaf fig; fig, hog fig (Belize)
French name	figuier grandes-feuilles; figuier blanc (Martinique); figuier grande feuille, figuier-grandes feuilles (Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Spanish name	amate (Guatemala); arepero (Colombia); bibosi (Bolivia); capulamate (El Salvador); caucha, caucho, caucho blanco (Colombia); chilamate, chilamate de las sierras (Nicaragua); higuerón (Colombia); jagüey; mata (Bolivia); matapalo (Belize, Bolivia, Guatemala, Nicaragua); matapalo higuerote (Venezuela); moro, yomeno (Bolivia)
Other name	mahu ivine (palikúr)
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Latin name	Ficus ovalis (Liebm.) Miq.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Costa Rica)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ficus belizensis Lundell Urostigma ovale Liebm.
English name	oval fig; fig tree (Belize)
French name	figuier ovale
Spanish name	amate, matapalo (Belize)
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Latin name	Ficus paraensis (Miq.) Miq.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N M SC? SE? South America (Colombia to Bolivia, French Guiana, N Brazil)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ficus arukensis Standl. Ficus hydrophila Pittier Ficus orinocensis Pittier Ficus panamensis Standl. Ficus peroblonga Dugand Ficus thelephora Benoist Urostigma paraense Miq. Urostigma paraensis Miq.
English name	Pará fig
French name	figuier de Pará
Spanish name	bibosi matapalo, ojé (Bolivia); renaco (Peru)
Other name	asingaul'mim'ay (wayampi); kanalalale (wayana); kwaps'i, kwaps'is'wi (wayampi); luwi (wayana); muhuisime (palikúr)
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Latin name	Ficus pertusa L.f.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama) N M SC South America (Colombia to Paraguay)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D[E]
Ecology	hyg mes
Use	fd (fruits)
Synonym	Ficus erythrosticta (Miq.) Miq. Ficus gemina Ruiz ex Miq. Ficus kanukuensis Standl. Ficus padifolia Kunth Ficus palmicida Pittier Ficus peruviana (Miq.) Rossberg Ficus prinioides Hassl. non Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Ficus rolanderi (Liebm.) Miq. Ficus trachelosyce Dugand Ficus zarzalensis Standl. Pharmacosycea peruviana Miq. Urostigma erythrostictum Miq. Urostigma geminum Miq. Urostigma padifolium (Kunth) Liebm. Urostigma pertusum (L.f.) Miq. Urostigma rolanderi Liebm.
English name	perforated fig; plum leaf ficus, strangler fig p.p.
French name	figuier perforé; figuier
Spanish name	bibosi, bibosi palomo (Bolivia); matapalo (Belize, Mexico); ñauti gui (Paraguay); renaco (Peru)
Other name	figueiras (Brazil)
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Latin name	Ficus petiolaris Kunth
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC North America (Mexico: Sonora)
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel xer
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English name	petiolate fig
French name	figuier pétiolé
Spanish name	amate (Mexico); amate amarillo
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Latin name	Ficus petiolaris ssp. brandegeei (Standl.) Felger & C.H.Lowe
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SW North America (end Mexico: Baja California)
North America distribution zone	SW
Height	L?
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Synonym	Ficus brandegeei Standl.
English name	Brandegee petiolate fig
French name	figuier pétiolé de Brandegee
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Latin name	Ficus petiolaris ssp. palmeri (S.Watson) Felger & C.H.Lowe
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	MW SW North America (Mexico: Baja California)
North America distribution zone	MW SW
Height	L?
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Synonym	Ficus palmeri S.Watson
English name	Palmer petiolate fig
French name	figuier pétiolé de Palmer
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Latin name	Ficus petiolaris Kunth ssp. petiolaris
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SC North America?
North America distribution zone	SC
Height	L?
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Ecology
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English name	typical petiolate fig
French name	figuier pétiolé typique
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Latin name	Ficus popenoei Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW NC MW South America (Colombia, Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
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Use	fr
Synonym	Ficus tolimensis Standl.
English name	Popenoe fig
French name	figuier de Popenoe
Spanish name	caucho (Colombia); matapalo (Belize)
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Latin name	Ficus schippii Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Belize to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
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Synonym	Ficus meistosyce Standl. & L.O.Williams
English name	Schipp fig; fig (Belize)
French name	figuier de Schipp
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Latin name	Ficus tonduzii Standl.
Family	Moraceae
Distribution	SE North America (Honduras to Panama) NW MW South America (Colombia to Peru)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage
Ecology	hyg? mes
Use	fr
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English name	Tonduz fig; wild fig (Panama)
French name	figuier de Tonduz
Spanish name	chilamate (Costa Rica); higo, higuero (Panama); higueron (Costa Rica)
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