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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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What the common fig is.
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.
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.
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- PHY
- Domain
- PHY.LIV
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Ficus carica cultivar
What it is Filled
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 and Black Mission; Smyrna is a fig cultivar group or type rather than an individual cultivar, and some cultivars need pollination by the fig wasp while common types set fruit without it.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Mediterranean fruit tree
- Syconium fruit
- Wasp pollination in some types
- Ancient domesticate
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Advise handling the plant without noting that its latex irritates skin and eyes.
- Confuse cultivar types so that a grower plants one needing a pollinator where none exists.
- Recommend planting it where it is listed as invasive.
- Move plant material across borders without the required phytosanitary checks.
Only with a human decision
- Importing or moving plant material between regions.
- Removing a mature or heritage tree.
May
- Identify a fig tree and its cultivar from leaves, fruit and records.
- Advise on growing, pollination needs and frost risk from horticultural sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- The fig is an ancient domesticate whose cultivars are a living heritage worth conserving.
- Its latex causes skin reactions, especially in sunlight, for pickers and gardeners.
Who is affected
- Growers and pickers
- Gardeners and children
- Native ecosystems where it spreads
Owners Filled
Steward
The owner of the land or orchard; plant health authorities regulate movement of material.
Master systems
- Plant variety and germplasm collections
- Phytosanitary records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q904653 - registry parent class
related
- fruit tree - in registry terms
- Ficus - the fig genus
- fig wasp - in Smyrna types
- fig - the fruit
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.ficus-carica
- Wikidata: Q36146 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36146)
- GBIF: 5361909 Ficus carica L.
- ITIS: 19093 Ficus carica
Direct properties required Filled
- 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
Recognition required Filled
- The common fig is a deciduous tree with lobed leaves and fig fruit.
- Brown Turkey, Kadota and Black Mission are cultivars, while Smyrna is a cultivar group or type.
- Other Ficus species are mostly tropical, the sycamore fig is Ficus sycomorus, and the fruit as food is a separate subject.
- A spreading tree up to about 10 m with large lobed leaves and pear-shaped fruit.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the plant
- relay cultivation and cultivars
- describe pollination
- distinguish related plants
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Latex skin irritation
- Confusing cultivar types and pollination needs
- Frost damage outside its range
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Plant variety protection for cultivars
- Phytosanitary rules on plant movement
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a cultivated plant.
- common figs that set fruit without pollination
- Smyrna figs needing caprification
- San Pedro types
- caprifigs
- named cultivars such as Brown Turkey and Kadota
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q36146: Ficus carica - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Fig - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should cultivar groups be separate entries?
- How should horticultural sources be linked?
- How should the registry link the plant, fruit and cultivars?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q36146/spec.json