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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 sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times. [ 2 ]
Ficus virens is a plant of the genus Ficus found in Pakistan, India, east and Southeast Asia, through Malaysia and into Northern Australia. [2] Its common name is white fig; it is locally known as pilkhan and in the Kunwinjku language it is called manbornde. [3] Like many figs, its fruits are edible.
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 pseudopalma is a species of fig, (subgenus Sycamorus) in the mulberry family . [1] It is known by the common names Philippine fig, dracaena fig, and palm-leaf fig. [2] In nature it is endemic to the Philippines, especially the island of Luzon. [2] It is known elsewhere as an ornamental plant.
Ficus aurea, commonly known as the Florida strangler fig (or simply strangler fig), golden fig, or higuerón, [4] is a tree in the family Moraceae that is native to the U.S. state of Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama. [5]
Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. [3] O. ficus-indica is the most widespread and most commercially important cactus.
The yellow flowers are produced from April to October, and range from 6.4 to 15.2 centimetres (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 6 inches) in diameter. [5] Two of the calyx lobes are longer, extending further than the petals. The flowers open in the morning in bright sunlight and close at night. [6] The receptacle is somewhat wedge-shaped, tapering down to the ...