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The tree will make a sound, even if nobody heard it, simply because it could have been heard. The answer to this question depends on the definition of sound. We can define sound as our perception of air vibrations. Therefore, sound does not exist if we do not hear it. When a tree falls, the motion disturbs the air and sends off air waves.
Mountain fig tree in Zibad. The common fig tree has been cultivated since ancient times and grows wild in dry and sunny locations with deep and fresh soil, and in rocky locations that are at sea level to 1,700 metres in elevation. It prefers relatively porous and freely draining soil, and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
This plant is a small tree of 5–10 m (16–33 ft) high with numerous bristle-covered branches. The leaves are big and round, and are up to 44 cm (17 in) long and 45 cm (18 in) wide, with cordate or rounded base, acute apex, and 5–7 main veins from the leaf base.
It is a medium-sized tree which grows to a height of 24–27 metres (79–89 ft) In dry areas and up to 32 metres (105 ft) tall in wetter areas. It is a fig tree belonging to the group of trees known as strangler figs , which is because its seeds can germinate on other trees and grow to strangle and eventually kill the host tree.
How to be a Fig, Daniel H. Janzen, Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, Vol. 10, 1979 (1979), pp. 13–51 Phenological patterns of Ficus citrifolia (Moraceae) in a seasonal humid-subtropical region in Southern Brazil, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira, Efraim Rodrigues and Ayres de Oliveira Menezes Jr., Plant Ecology, Volume 188, Number 2 ...
A non-climbing fig, the trunk has a smooth, straight bole, with smooth bark and fluted with buttress roots. The leaf veins are coloured yellow, and the entire leaf becomes bright yellow after it falls from the tree. This is a tree with buttress roots that ranges from 8–40 m (26–131 ft) tall. [6]
The Ficus thonningii tree is widely regarded as a holy tree among the Agikuyu and Mount Kenyan tribes. When praying for rain, an elder performs a sacrifice to Ngai (God) by fanning the smoke of a roasted, fattened lamb up the tree (Mugumo), inviting Ngai (God) to descend from above the clouds for the feast.
Eastern chimpanzees, feeding on Ficus sur fruit in Kibale National Park, Uganda. Lepidopteran larvae of the African map butterfly, [5] fig tree moth, [9] accented hawk moth, [5] specious tiger, [8] common fig-tree blue [8] and lesser fig-tree blue [8] feed on the leaves or roots of this species.