Ficus maxima is a fig tree which is native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and South America south to Paraguay. Figs belong to the family Moraceae. The specific epithet
maxima was coined by Scottish botanist Philip Miller in 1768; Miller's name was applied to this species in the
Flora of Jamaica, but it was later determined that Miller's description was actually of the species now known as
Ficus aurea. To avoid confusion, Cornelis Berg proposed...
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