Ficus carica
The story
Originating in the Mediterranean region, western Asia, and the Middle East, the common fig has been sought out and cultivated by humans since ancient times, weaving its way through thousands of years of agricultural history.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Moraceae
How to use it
Ficus carica is grown commercially as an important crop for its edible fruit, the fig. It is widely cultivated throughout the world.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
In the kitchen
The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica. It is grown commercially as an important crop and is widely consumed around the world.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
About
Ficus carica is an Asian species of flowering plant in the mulberry family, known as the common fig (or just the fig). It is the source of the fruit also called the fig, and as such is an important crop in those areas where it is grown commercially. Native to the Middle East and western Asia, it has been sought out and cultivated since ancient times, and is now widely grown throughout the world, both for...
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
Full detailsevery field on the record, to copy
- Name
- Ficus carica
- Slug
- ficus-carica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Ficus
- Species
- carica
- Wikidata QID
- Q36146
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
Generated sections & citations
summaryinaturalist
fun_facts_kidsllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus carica
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig
fun_facts_adultllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- sprigloom (taxonomy)
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus carica
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig
cookingllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus carica
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig
storyllm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus carica
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig
how_to_usellm_gemini · confidence 1.00
- inaturalist (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus carica
- wikipedia (description.summary) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fig