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The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world.
Ficus auriculata (the Roxburgh fig, Elephant ear tree) is a type of fig tree, native to subtropical and tropical mainland Asia. [2] It is noted for its big and round leaves and edible fruit. Description
A male Ficus pumila produces pollen, feeds and protects fig wasps larvae, while a female produces seeds. [4] During oviposition, the larvae feed and mature with gall tissue, fig seeds and fig pollen grains. [9] [10] When female wasps is mature, they leave their original figs and carry pollen to other fig trees. [9] [10]
Ficus pumila, commonly known as the creeping fig or climbing fig, is a species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, native to East Asia (China, Japan, Vietnam) [2] and naturalized in parts of the southeastern and south-central United States. [3] [4] It is also found in cultivation as a houseplant.
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.
Ficus palmata, the Punjab fig, [2] or "Bedu" is a plant in the family Moraceae. It is native to southern Egypt across to north-eastern tropical Africa and also the Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub/tree with edible fruit.
The fruit is a green fig 2.5–3 cm (1-¼ in) diameter. Ficus lyrata Warb. (known as fiddle-leaf fig) is an evergreen tree or shrub, native to West and Central Africa tropical rain forest, being one of the most demanding and showy Ficus species. It is known as a decorative species in Europe and North America (Florida) as well.
Ficus erecta (syn. Ficus beecheyana), the Japanese fig, is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae. [3] It is found in the eastern Himalayas, Assam , Bangladesh, Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, Jeju Island of South Korea, the Ryukyu Islands , and Japan. [ 2 ]