''Ficus assamica'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Ficus ''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family (biology), family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few spe ...

'', native to the foothills of the Himalayas,

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

, south-central China, and mainland Southeast Asia. It is a recumbent or creeping shrub reaching at most 60cm. Some authorities considered it a variety of ''

Ficus heterophylla ''Ficus heterophylla'' is a fig plant species, in the family Moraceae, which can be found in India, southern China, Indo-China and western Malesia Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the Equator and the boundaries of the Indomal ...

''; ''Ficus heterophylla'' var. ''assamica''. A morphological study showed that it differs from ''F.heterophylla'' by a considerable number of characters, including their growth habits, leaf shape (lobation, margins, bases and indumenta), lengths of petioles, peduncles and pedicels, the shape and color of their figs, and the number and shape of their tepals.

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assamica Plants described in 1848 {{Moraceae-stub