Ficus carica
Let an agent explain the common fig and its cultivation, relay botany, cultivars, pollination and uses from horticultural sources, describe cultivar groups, and distinguish Ficus carica from other Ficus species, from the fruit as food and from the sycamore fig.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the common fig and its cultivation, relay botany, cultivars, pollination and uses from horticultural sources, describe cultivar groups, and distinguish Ficus carica from other Ficus species, from the fruit as food and from the sycamore fig.
The common fig, a deciduous tree or large shrub of the mulberry family native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, one of the earliest domesticated fruit plants, grown for its sweet fruit, botanically a syconium, in hundreds of cultivars such as Brown Turkey, Kadota, Smyrna and Black Mission; some cultivars need pollination by the fig wasp while common types set fruit without it.
What it is for: Not applicable; a cultivated plant.
It can be explain the plant; relay cultivation and cultivars; describe pollination; distinguish related plants.
Distinguishing features
Mediterranean fruit tree
Syconium fruit
Wasp pollination in some types
Ancient domesticate
What it looks like
A spreading tree up to about 10 m with large lobed leaves and pear-shaped fruit.
Physical character
height: up to about 10 m
domestication: about 11000 years ago note - Jordan Valley finds
world production: about 1.3 million tonnes - Turkey largest
chromosome number: 2n = 26 note
How it is recognised
Deciduous tree with lobed leaves and fig fruit
Cultivars such as Brown Turkey, Kadota, Smyrna, Black Mission
Other Ficus species are mostly tropical; the sycamore fig is Ficus sycomorus; the fruit is the food
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
belongs to - the fig genus
is pollinated by - in Smyrna types
produces - the fruit
In practice
Families and kinds
common figs that set fruit without pollination
Smyrna figs needing caprification
San Pedro types
caprifigs
named cultivars such as Brown Turkey and Kadota
Identifiers
GBIF 5361909 Ficus carica L.
ITIS 19093 Ficus carica
Standards and regulation
Plant variety protection for cultivars
Phytosanitary rules on plant movement
Failure modes and hazards
Latex skin irritation
Confusing cultivar types and pollination needs
Frost damage outside its range
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What the common fig is.
Science.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is Ficus carica, and how does it differ from other Ficus species, the fruit and the sycamore fig? definition
- Is the question about botany, cultivation, cultivars or the fruit? boundary
Cultivars
Cultivars.
Cultivars
Cultivars.
- What are common, Smyrna, San Pedro and caprifig types, and which cultivars are widely grown? definition
- Which entry fits the specific cultivar? action
Botany Botany.
Science.
Pollination
Pollination.
Pollination
Pollination.
- How does the fig wasp pollinate figs, and why do common figs not need it? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Fruit
The syconium.
Fruit
Fruit.
- What is a syconium, and how does the fig fruit develop? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Cultivation Cultivation.
Application.
Growing
Growing.
Growing
Growing.
- How are figs propagated, pruned and grown in different climates? provenance
- Which entry fits fruit tree cultivation? action
Production
Production.
Production
Production.
- Where are figs produced commercially, and how are they dried and traded? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific producing country? action
Context History and culture.
Context.
History
History.
History
History.
- How was the fig domesticated and spread through the ancient world? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of agriculture? action
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What roles does the fig play in religion, literature and cuisine? provenance
- Which entry fits fig (fruit)? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should cultivar groups be separate entries?
- How should horticultural sources be linked?
- How should the registry link the plant, fruit and cultivars?