Ficus assamica
{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Ficus}}
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| image = Ficus repens.jpg
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| genus = Ficus
| species = assamica
| authority = Miq.London J. Bot. 7: 226 (1848)
| synonyms = {{collapsible list|
- Ficus heterophylla var. assamica (Miq.) Corner ex Chater
- Ficus morifolia Vahl
- Ficus repens Roxb. ex Willd.
- Ficus rubifolia Griff.
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Ficus assamica is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ficus, native to the foothills of the Himalayas, Assam, south-central China, and mainland Southeast Asia.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852438-1 |title=Ficus assamica Miq. |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=4 December 2020 }} It is a recumbent or creeping shrub reaching at most 60{{nbsp}}cm.
Some authorities considered it a variety of Ficus heterophylla; Ficus heterophylla var. assamica. A morphological study showed that it differs from F.{{nbsp}}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.{{cite journal |last1=Srivastava |first1=Anoop |last2=Bajpai |first2=Omesh |last3=Tiwari |first3=Rinkey |last4=Sudhakar |first4=Jana Venkata |last5=Chaudhary |first5=Lal Babu |date=19 November 2012 |title=Taxonomic notes on the identity and nomenclature of Ficus assamica Miq. (Moraceae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234073994 |journal=Phytotaxononomy |volume=12 |pages=82–88 |access-date=4 December 2020}}