无花果(Ficus carica L.),别称映日果,它和葡萄等皆为很久以前就被引入栽培的果树植物。在距今2500年的古埃及的遗物中见有无花果的浮雕;据有的历史学者记载,远在公元前4600年的埃及已有无花果的栽培。由此可见无花果的栽培已有悠久的历史。我国栽培无花果的历史较短,相传唐、宋前始引入,约一千余年之久;正式记载仅见于本草,载有无花果“……能开胃止泄痢叶治五痔肿痛……”,可见最初栽培多以药用为目的。无花果原产小亚细亚,目前在印度西北及西部,阿富汗,伊朗和近东各国以及苏联南部各加盟共和国(如格鲁吉亚、搭吉克、鸟兹别克、阿塞拜疆等)的山区尚能找到野生无花 Fig (Ficus carica L.), also known as the Ying day fruit, it and grapes are all introduced into cultivated fruit trees a long time ago. There are fig-reliefs in relics of ancient Egypt dating from 2500 years ago; according to historical records, figs farmed in Egypt as early as 4600 BC. This shows that the cultivation of fig has a long history. The history of the cultivation of figs in China is relatively short, according to legend, before the introduction of the Tang and Song Dynasty, about a thousand years long; formally recorded only in the Materia Medica, containing figs “... ... can appetizers only diarrhea cure five hemorrhoids ...” , Showing that the initial cultivation of medicinal purposes. Figs native to Asia Minor and are currently found in mountainous areas in northwestern and western India, Afghanistan, Iran and the Near East as well as in the republics of the former Soviet Union (eg Georgia, Jikki, Tobu Buick, Azerbaijan, etc.)