Ficus nipponica Franchet & Savatier, Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 436. 1875; F. chaffanjoni H. Léveillé & Vaniot; F. fortunati H. Léveillé; F. foveolata (Wallich ex Miquel) Wallich ex Miquel var. nipponica (Franchet & Savatier) King; F. oxyphylla Miquel; F. rufipes H. Léveillé & Vaniot, p.p. (Cavalerie 340); F. sarmentosa subsp. nipponica (Franchet & Savatier) Ohashi; F. seguinii H. Léveillé; F. wrightii Bentham.

Scandent shrubs, woody. New branchlets pale brown. Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate, abaxially pale yellow or grayish yellow. Figs globose, 1-1.2 cm in diam., apical pore navel-like, convex; peduncle shorter than 5 mm; involucral bracts triangular-ovate, 2-3 mm.

Mountains, plains; 600-1200 m. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea]..