| Scientific Name: | Ficus carica |
| Common Name: | common fig, garden fig |
| Family Name: | Moraceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Urban agriculture |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Ovate, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Flowers clustered, Green, Pink, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Multiple fruit, (Accessory tissue), Green, Purple, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves dark green, ovate 12-25cm x 10-18cm wide, with 3 or 5 lobes; flowers tiny and enclosed in hollow stem; fruit obovate, mostly 4-7cm long, green, ripening to purplish-brown (syconium). | |