Japanese fig
Ficus erecta Thunb. [Moraceae]
Inubiwa (イヌビワ, 犬枇杷)
Lifeform: deciduous small tree
Distribution: Taiwan - Korea - Japan (Kyushu - central Honshu)
Habitat: mountains near the sea
There are male and female trees. The fruit is edible, dark purple and is likea loqat fruit. However, it is a fig, not a loquat.
Ficus L.
Many species are originated from tropical.
F. ampelas Burm. f. (ホソバムクイヌビワ, キングイヌビワ): east Asia, including Nansei Islands
F. bengutensis Merr. (アカメイヌビワ, コウトウイヌビワ): Philippines - Taiwan - Japan
F. boninsimae Koidz. (トキワイヌビワ): Bonin Islands
F. carica L. (イチジク): Asia Minor origin
F. caulocarpa (Miq.) Miq. (オオバアコウ): east Asia, including southern Japan
F. erecta Thunb. (イヌビワ, イタビ)
- var. beecheyana (Hook. et Arn.) King (ケイヌビワ)
- var. sieboldii (Miq.) Corner (ホソバイヌビワ)
F. iidaiana Rehd. et Wilson (オオヤマイチジク): Haha Island in Bonin Islands
F. irisana Elmer (ムクイヌビワ): east Asia, including south Japan
F. microcarpa L. fil. (ガジュマル): east Asia, including south Japan
F. nipponica Franch. et Savat. (イタビカズラ): vine, east Asia, including central to south Japan
F. nishimurae Koidz. (オオトキワイヌビワ): Bonin Islands
F. pumila L. (オオイタビ, コズタ): vine, east Asia, including central to south Japan
- var. awkeotsang (Makino) Comer (syn. F. awkeotsang Makino) (アイギョクシ, カンテンイタビ): Taiwan
F. septica Brumann fil. (オオバイヌビワ): east Asia, incluidng south Japan
F. superba (Miq.) Miq. var. japonica Miq. (アコウ): east Asia, including south Japan
F. thunbergii Maxim. (ヒメイタビ): central to south Japan
F. variegata Bl. (ギランイヌビワ, コニシイヌビワ): east Asia, incluidng south to Ishigaki Island
F. virgata Reinw. ex Bl. (ハマイヌビワ): east Asia, including south Japan and Australia
Commercial plants (in Japan)
F. auriculata Lour. (オオバイチジク): tropical Asia
F. benjamina L. (ベンジャミンゴムノキ, シダレガジュマル)
F. bengalensis L. (ベンガルボダイジュ)
- var. krishnae (C. DC) Corner
F. diversifolia Bl. (コバンボダイジュ): India - Malaysia
F. elastica Roxb. (インドゴムノキ)
cultivars: - cv. apollo (アポロ), - cv. asahi (アサヒ), - cv. decora (マルバインドゴムノキ), - cv. decora tricolor (デコラトリコロール), - cv. decora variegata (デコラバリエガータ) - cv. variegata (フイリインドゴムノキ)
F. hispida L. f. (タイセイイチジク): east Asia
F. lyrata Warb. (カシワバゴムノキ): tropical Africa
F. macrophylla Desf. ex Pers. (オオバゴムノキ): Australia
F. racemosa L. (syn. F. glomerata Roxb. (ウドンゲ)
F. religiosa L. (インドボダイジュ)
F. sycomorus L. (エジプトイチジク)
F. tikoua Bureau
Ficus erecta in Japan
[Left] a canopy. [Right] an annual shoot. At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009.