Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations
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Native range 16 botanical countries
| Region | TDWG code | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| Assam | ASS | ASIA-TROPICAL |
| Bangladesh | BAN | |
| Cambodia | CBD | |
| East Himalaya | EHM | |
| India | IND | |
| Jawa | JAW | |
| Laos | LAO | |
| Malaya | MLY | |
| Myanmar | MYA | |
| Nepal | NEP | |
| Sumatera | SUM | |
| Thailand | THA | |
| Vietnam | VIE | |
| China South-Central | CHC | ASIA-TEMPERATE |
| China Southeast | CHS | |
| Hainan | CHH |
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 343 observations
| Condition | 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldest month, mean daily low | 9.1 °C | 12.7 °C | 14.0 °C |
| Warmest month, mean daily high | 27.9 °C | 29.3 °C | 31.3 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 2,011 mm | 2,234 mm | 2,838 mm |
| Rainfall in the driest quarter | 82 mm | 102 mm | 163 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 343 research-grade observations of Ficus simplicissima 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 Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.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 28 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 dumosa King
- Ficus hibiscifolia Champ. ex Benth.
- Ficus hirta Vahl
- Ficus hirta subsp. dumosa (King) C.C.Berg
- Ficus hirta subsp. ochracea C.C.Berg
- Ficus hirta var. appressa Corner
- Ficus hirta var. brevipila Corner
- Ficus hirta var. dumosa (King) Corner
- Ficus hirta var. hibiscifolia (Champ. ex Benth.) Chun
- Ficus hirta var. imberbis Gagnep.
- Ficus hirta var. integrifolia Miq.
- Ficus hirta var. palmatiloba (Merr.) Chun
- Ficus hirta var. setosa (Blume) Miq.
- Ficus katsumadai Hayata
- Ficus ochracea (C.C.Berg) C.C.Berg
- Ficus palmatiloba Merr.
- Ficus porteri H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Ficus quangtriensis Gagnep.
- Ficus setacea G.Lodd.
- Ficus setifera Steud.
- Ficus setosa Blume
- Ficus setosa Hook. & Arn.
- Ficus simplicissima var. hirta (Vahl) Migo
- Ficus tournanensis Gagnep.
and 4 more.
Sourcesevery claim on this page
- World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- 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.