Cultivated Fig
Pollinator: Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus).
The Calimyrna fig and its pollinator wasp.
Do we eat fig wasps when we consume cultivated figs?
Very closely related to Ficus palmata. The two species are probably conspecific.
Photographs © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums).
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Ficus palmata Forsskål
Web authors Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)
and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)
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