Ficus Sycomorus
This is a tree large enough for a man to rest in its branches, as Zacchaeus did (Luke 19:4). It was known in Egypt, and was plentiful in Palestine. Amos was a “gatherer of sycamore fruit.” David had a special overseer of such trees (1 Kings 10:27; 1 Chron. 27:28; Psa. 78:47; Isa. 9:10; Amos 7:14). It is supposed to be the sycamore-fig, or fig-mulberry (Ficus sycomorus). Its wood is very durable. The Egyptian mummy coffins made of it have remained sound after the entombment of thousands of years.