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Strangler Fig – Basis
The strangler fig, also called strangler, is any of numerous species of tropical figs (genus Ficus, family Moraceae) named for their pattern of growth upon host trees, which often results in the host’s death. Strangler figs and other strangler species are common in tropical forests throughout the world. Although a strangler fig often smothers and…
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The Fig — a miniature constant
A ficus carica is a plant that carries the fruit known as the common fig. In the History of our civilizations, it was one of the earlier fruit trees to be cultivated. To humankind, its leaves may have served as the very first bikini. Long ago, before being considered the poor man’s food, about seventy…
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