The genus Ficus is composed of 800 species of vines, shrubs, and trees, defined by their syconiums, the fruit-like vessels that either hold female flowers or pollen on the inside. In addition to being
The many tiny matured, seed-bearing gynoecia, seen in an overripe common fig; these are not visible at the time of pollination by the fig wasp, Blastophaga psenes.
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The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of tree or shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and to western and southern Asia. It has been cultiv
Reproductive coevolution in Ficus
…of years, Ficus is also known for its reproductive mutualism with the fig wasp. The many tiny matured, seed-bearing gynoecia, seen in an overripe common fig; these are not visible at the time of pollination by the fig wasp, Blastophaga psenes. Fig trees either produce hermaphrodite fruit (caprifigs) or…
Ficus carica L, 1771
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