Ficus carica
COMMON NAME | Common Fig |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Moraceae |
NOTES | An
important crop in those areas where it is grown commercially, it has been
sought out and cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown
throughout the world, both for its fruit and as an ornamental plant. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Mediterranean and western Asia |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Dry
and sunny locations with relatively porous and freely draining soil, and can
grow in nutritionally poor soil |
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