Ficus L. subg. Ficus sect. Ficus Corner
Distribution
Asia-Temperate: Korea present; Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: Philippines (Philippines present), Japan present, NE Africa present, Sino-Himalayan region present, the Mediterranean present, western Malesia present
The section comprises c. 28 species, most of them associated with the Sino-Himalayan region, some extending to NE Africa, the Mediterranean, Korea, or Japan, some confined to Taiwan or the Philippines; a group of three species is centred in western Malesia.