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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.
Philippine fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus religiosa: sacred fig; bo tree Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus ribes: walen; gooseberry fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus rubiginosa: Port Jackson fig; little-leaf fig; rusty fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus septica: angular-fruit fig Moraceae (mulberry family) Ficus sycomorus: sycamore ...
Still life Mesa ("Table") with dried figs and other fruits in a bowl by Clara Peeters, 1611. 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.
The family varies from colossal trees like the Indian Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) which can cover five acres (two hectares) of ground, to Dorstenia barnimiana which is a small stemless, bulbous succulent 2–5 cm in diameter that produces a single peltate leaf on a 4–15 cm petiole. These two species have an approximately one billion fold ...
Fig rust: This is a fungal disease that appears as brown and yellow spots on the leaves. To treat, make sure to remove and discard both fallen and diseased leaves and apply diatomaceous earth to ...
Figs in the Bible, references to figs and fig trees in the Tanakh and the New Testament; Curtain Fig Tree, a heritage-listed tree in Queensland, Australia; Moreton Bay Fig Tree (Santa Barbara, California), the largest Ficus macrophylla in the United States; All pages with titles containing fig tree; All pages with titles containing figtree
Leaves have stipules and petiole, stipules tend to be caducous while petiole is hairy, up to and 10 cm long. [3] Surface of leaves can be rough or sometimes smooth, with a cordate base and acuminate apex. Figs can be found on branches of the species, they are globular in shape, and are commonly green when young becoming yellow to orange when ...
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