Fig

Spreading deciduous tree with hand-shaped leaves and edible fruit twice a year in warm climates.

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About Fig

The fig has one of the strangest reproductive arrangements in cultivation. What is eaten is not a fruit in the ordinary sense but an inverted flower cluster, with hundreds of tiny flowers lining the inside of a hollow structure. In wild figs these are pollinated by specialised fig wasps that enter through a tiny opening at the tip. Most figs grown in gardens are parthenocarpic varieties that set fruit without pollination and so need no wasp at all. Figs are among the oldest cultivated plants known, and they fruit better with restricted roots than in rich, unlimited soil.

Growing notes

• Roots are aggressive — site away from buildings and drains
• Tolerates drought; fruit ferments in wet weather

Categories

• Trees
• Edible plants

Related plants

• Almond Prunus dulcis
• Apricot — Trevatt Prunus armeniaca "Trevatt"
• Fig — Brown Turkey Ficus carica "Brown Turkey"
• Fig — Osborn's Prolific Ficus carica "Osborn's Prolific"
• Fig — Petite Negra Ficus carica "Petite Negra"
• Fig — White Adriatic Ficus carica "White Adriatic"

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Reference

Fig on Wikipedia