Botanical Name: Ficus carica
Common Name: common fig
Family: Moraceae
Distribution/Origin: Middle East and Western Asia
Leaf/Bud: deciduous, palmate, 3 or 5 lobes, rounded apex, serrate margin, long thick petiole flared at base
Flower/Inflorescence: hollow fleshy structure called a syconium, which is filled with many uni-sexual florets - not visible the bloom is inside
Fruit/Seed: numerous one seeded drupelets - fruit that is eaten is false fruit
Stem/Bark: smooth light brown bark
Size: height 7 - 10m
Habit: upright
Form: open horizontal branching, dense
Culture: full sun - part shade, can grow in low nutrient soil, well-drained
Landscape Use: tree or shrub
Notes: pollinated by a fig wasp - specialized