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Ficus carica Linnaeus

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus; Subgenus: Ficus; Section: Ficus; Subsection: Ficus)

 

Biology

 

Pollinator: Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus).

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The Calimyrna fig and its pollinator wasp

Comments

 

Very closely related to Ficus palmata. The two species are probably conspecific.

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