ficuses

Potted tropical plants

Ficuses is the plural of ficus, a genus of trees and shrubs that includes the common rubber plant and weeping fig popular as houseplants.

The Latin plural *fici* exists but sounds pretentious in everyday English: The ficuses in the lobby need more light.

botanical

banyan

Self-supporting fig tree

broadleaf · evergreen · tropical tree · epiphyte · buttress roots · canopy · specimen · genus · cultivar · species

houseplant

rubber plant

Tropical ornamental with thick leaves

foliage · container · windowsill · lobby · variegated · glossy leaves · tropical · low-light · decorative · planter

cultivation

nursery

Room for infants

  • greenhouseClimate-controlled plant enclosure
  • bonsaiCultivated miniature potted tree
  • pruningCutting vegetation for health

shaping · grafting · rooting · cuttings · soil mix · fertilizer · pests · scale insects · mealybugs · root rot

Opposites
plant water and humidity needs

ficusescacti

Spiny water-storing plants

succulents · cactuses · desert plants · xerophytes · drought-tolerant plants

plant care difficulty

ficusespothos

Tropical trailing houseplant

spider plants · philodendrons · dracaenas · peace lilies

Family

ficus

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G