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  2. Edible plant stem - Wikipedia

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    Fig The edible portion is stem tissue. The fig "fruit" is actually an inverted flower cluster with both the male and female flower parts enclosed inside the base of the inflorescence, corresponding to the peduncle. Ginger root The edible portion is a branched underground compressed stem also referred to as a rhizome. Kohlrabi

  3. Fig - Wikipedia

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    The fig fruit develops as a hollow, fleshy structure called the syconium that is lined internally with numerous unisexual flowers. The tiny flowers bloom inside this cup-like structure. Although commonly called a fruit, the syconium is botanically an infructescence, a type of multiple fruit. The small fig flowers and later small single-seeded ...

  4. Ficus auriculata - Wikipedia

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    The fresh fruit of this plant is consumed as food, and has diuretic, laxative and digestive regulating properties. [4] Ficus auriculata is used as fodder in Nepal. It is least resistant to fire, but likes good sunlight. [12] The large leaves, often up to 21 in (533.4 mm) long and 12 in (304.8 mm) wide are used as plates. [6]

  5. Carpobrotus - Wikipedia

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    Carpobrotus, commonly known as pigface, ice plant, sour fig, Hottentot fig, and clawberry is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek karpos "fruit" and brotos "edible", referring to its edible fruits.

  6. Food plot - Wikipedia

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    Food plot in Germany. A food plot is a planted area set aside to act as a supplementary food source for wildlife. The term was coined by the U.S. hunting and outdoor industries and food plots are most commonly planted for game species. Food plot crops generally consist of but are not limited to legumes (clovers, alfalfa, beans, etc.), grains ...

  7. Mountain Roots Food Project promotes food sustainability and ...

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    Mountain Roots Food Project is a local food system initiative that serves all of Gunnison Valley. The organic farm provides a farm-to-school education, teaching children in the school […]

  8. Ficus - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Ficus aurea - Wikipedia

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    Like all figs, it has an obligate mutualism with fig wasps: figs are only pollinated by fig wasps, and fig wasps can only reproduce in fig flowers. The tree provides habitat, food and shelter for a host of tropical lifeforms including epiphytes in cloud forests and birds, mammals, reptiles and invertebrates.