Ficus pertusaL.f.

WFO wfo-0000689703 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ficus pertusa, photographed by Jake Rehage
fig. a Jake Rehage, CC0 1.0 / 2020-09-15 / obs. 95479529
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Viacheslav Shalisko
fig. b Viacheslav Shalisko, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39269169
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. c Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 67260512
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Juan Cruzado Cortés
fig. d Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 3918788
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Francisco Farriols Sarabia
fig. e Francisco Farriols Sarabia, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3501101
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. f Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20066800
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Tereso Hernández Morales
fig. g Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10295715
Ficus pertusa, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. h Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156795585

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Native range 30 botanical countries

Regions where Ficus pertusa is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Central American Pacific Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralCentral American Pacific Is.ColombiaCosta RicaEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela
Native distribution of Ficus pertusa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Central American Pacific Is. CPI
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 281 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 9.5 °C 15.2 °C 22.0 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 25.9 °C 31.2 °C 35.5 °C
Annual rainfall 317 mm 1,194 mm 3,224 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 5 mm 24 mm 295 mm

It is barely found anywhere that freezes. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 281 research-grade observations of Ficus pertusa that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 64 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ficus arbutifolia Pers.
  • Ficus arpazusa Casar.
  • Ficus baccata (Liebm.) Miq.
  • Ficus cerasifolia Kunth & Bouché
  • Ficus cerasifolia Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Ficus ciliolosa hort. ex Kunth & C.D.Bouché
  • Ficus complicata Kunth
  • Ficus consanguinea Kunth & Bouché
  • Ficus daphniphylla Miq.
  • Ficus elliptica (Herz) Herter
  • Ficus erythrosticta Miq.
  • Ficus fasciculata S.Watson
  • Ficus faydeni Miq.
  • Ficus garcesii Dugand
  • Ficus gardeniifolia Hort.Lips. ex Miq.
  • Ficus gemina Ruiz ex Miq.
  • Ficus grabhamii Britton ex Fawc. & Rendle
  • Ficus halliana Britton ex Fawc. & Rendle
  • Ficus ibapohi Orb. ex Rojas Acosta
  • Ficus immersa Warb. ex Glaz.
  • Ficus kanukuensis Standl.
  • Ficus lancifolia Hook. & Arn.
  • Ficus morantensis Britton ex Fawc. & Rendle
  • Ficus myrtifolia Link

and 40 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.