Fig
Title | Info |
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Common name | Fig |
Scientific name | Ficus carica |
Taxonomic group | Moraceae |
Source | Dan L. Perlman |
Economic botany | Food plants |
Food plants | Fruits |
Date | 1998 |
Fig. Figs have been cultivated in Egypt and what is today Iraq for nearly 5,000 years. Commercial figs do not require pollination, although wild figs require pollination by minute fig wasps. This fruit measures approximately2 in (5.4 cm) from tip of stem to base.