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The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, ... Raw figs contain roughly 80% water and 20% carbohydrates, ... In form it is new, but in purpose very ancient. ...
Ficus verruculosa, the water fig, is a species of fig from sub-saharan Africa. It is found from north eastern South Africa, northern Botswana and Namibia to Uganda and west to Nigeria in riverine and swamp fringes or grassland, always near water. [1] It is pollinated by the wasp Platyscapa binghami. [2]
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.
For water propagation, take a cutting with at least three leaf nodes, remove the bottom leaves, and place it in water. Once the roots reach between one and two inches, transplant to soil.
Aggregate fruits are formed from a single compound flower and contain many ovaries or fruitlets. [1] Examples include raspberries and blackberries. Multiple fruits are formed from the fused ovaries of multiple flowers or inflorescence. [1] An example of multiple fruits are the fig, mulberry, and the pineapple. [1]
Ancient banyan tree Ripe banyan fruits. Like other fig species, banyans also bear their fruit in the form of a structure called a "syconium".The syconium of Ficus species supply shelter and food for fig wasps and the trees depend on the fig wasps for pollination.
Ficus amplissima is associated with a fig wasp, an agaonid wasp which acts as its sole pollinator as this wasp lays its eggs only on trees of this species. All fig trees have this unique form of fertilization, with each species relying on a single specialized species of pollinating wasp that relies on the fig tree to reproduce. [16]
5. Low Humidity. Light brown spots scattered across fiddle leaf fig leaves can be caused by dry air. If the brown spots in question have a pox-like look instead of being in a single area of the ...