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common fig

Ficus carica

The common fig is a sweet fruit that grows on trees. Its leaves are big and green, and the fruit can be purple, green, or yellow. Figs are tasty and can be eaten fresh or dried!

Lebensraum: Urban areas, gardens

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The common fig is a small tree or large shrub with broad, deeply lobed green leaves. Its distinctive pear-shaped fruit starts green, ripening to purple-brown, with a soft, juicy reddish interior and tiny seeds.

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Interessante Fakten

A common fig tree can live for over 100 years, growing stronger and more productive with age!

Ancient Olympic athletes ate figs for energy, calling them 'food of champions'!

Each delicious fig contains countless tiny seeds, each from a different pollinated 'flower'!

The 'fruit' you eat is actually an inside-out cluster of hundreds of tiny flowers!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Hidden Flowers

The common fig has its hundreds of tiny flowers hidden inside the fruit, which protects them until they're ready to be pollinated.

Fähigkeit

Wasp Partnership

The common fig needs a tiny fig wasp to enter the fruit and pollinate its hidden flowers, helping it reproduce.

Fähigkeit

Sticky Sap Defense

The common fig produces a milky latex sap when damaged, which helps it heal and deters pests from eating its leaves.

Maße und Details

Höhe
300-1000 cm
Ausbreitung
300-800 cm
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Fig Wasp

Blastophaga psenes

Essential for the fig's reproduction and seed formation.

eaten by

Common Blackbird

Turdus merula

Feeds on ripe figs, helping to disperse its numerous seeds.

eats

Human

Homo sapiens

Cultivated for millennia for its sweet, nutritious fruit.

depends on

Mediterranean Fruit Fly

Ceratitis capitata

Larvae develop inside the fruit, causing damage to crops.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Fig

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Sicherheit

Gefahr

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Always wash your hands after touching plants and ask an adult before eating any fruits.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von common fig?

300-1000 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von common fig?

300-800 cm

Was ist der/die/das essbar von common fig?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von common fig?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von common fig?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von common fig?

Insekten

Wo findet man common fig normalerweise?

Urban areas, gardens

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