Ficus carica L. MoraceaeCommon Names: Fig (English), Higo (Spanish), Figue (French), Feige (German), Fico (Italian). Related Species: Cluster fig (Ficus racemosa), Sycomore Fig (Ficus sycomorus). Distant Affinity: Mulberry (Morus spp.); Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis Fosb.); Jakfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.); Che; Chinese Mulberry (Cudrania tricuspidata). Origin: The fig is believed to be indigenous to western Asia and to have been distributed by man throughout the Mediterranean area. Remnants of figs have been found in excavations of sites traced to at least 5,000 B.C.