Jerry looks at the wonderful world of figs and some of the specific plants in this group. The common edible fig (Ficus carica) has been grown for its delicious fruit since about 9,000BC - possibly ...

The plant is the Climbing Fig (Ficus pumila), a species that was once widely used to cover concrete walls and pillars in Singapore. The fig's "fruit" is actually a specialised structure called a ...

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