"Ficus carica" shine sunan kimiyya na gama-gari na ɓaure, bishiya mai tsiro daga Gabas ta Tsakiya da yammacin Asiya, kuma ana nomawa sosai don 'ya'yan itace masu daɗi. Kalmar “ficus” ta fito ne daga kalmar Latin don ɓaure, kuma “carica” ta fito ne daga tsohuwar kalmar Helenanci “karēs,” wanda kuma ke nufin fig.
