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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.
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 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
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.
They are dark green above and lighter with prominent yellow veins below, and both surfaces are rough to the touch. The petiole is 0.5–3 cm long and pubescent. The fruit is a large edible fig, 2–3 cm in diameter, ripening from buff-green to yellow or red. They are borne in thick clusters on long branchlets or the leaf axil.
Ficus callosa [1] is an Asian species of fig tree in the family Moraceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life; [2] the native range of this species is India, southern China, Indo-China and Malesia (not New Guinea). [3] The species can be found in Vietnam: where it may be called đa chai [4] or đa gùa.
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