Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times.The term sycamore spelled with an A has also been used for unrelated trees: the Great Maple, Acer pseudoplatanus, or plane trees, Platanus. The spelling 'sycomore', with an O rather than an A as the second vowel is, if used, specific to Ficus sycomorus.
Ficus sycomorus is native to Africa south of the ...