The paper deals with the names for fi g tree Ficus carica in the languages and dialects of the western part of the Balkan Peninsula (mainly in Albanian and Serbo-Croatian). The most ancient names of fi g tree in the region are explored: Grk. συκιά, σύκα (< σῦκον, τῦκον), Lat. fīcus, and also Dalmat./Ital. pruna, brun-, mur-/mor etc. and South Slav. smokvа. The paper gives a complete classifi cation of more than 120 Albanian and Serbo-Croatian names for fi g and its varieties. It is based on diff erent characteristics (including – fruits’: Size, colour, shape, fl avour, moisture, the time of ripening, the thickness of the peel etc.). These names are etymologically analyzed. The phytonyms derived from expressive words, proper names and place names as well as facts of xeno-nomination are shown. It is demonstrated that the name of fig tree was given to some other plants: Prickly pear, agave and birthwort. The name of fig fruit got into somatic lexis.