Scientific Name:
Ficus carica
Pronunciation:
FYE-kus KAIR-ih-kuh
Common Name:
common fig, garden fig
Family Name:
Moraceae
Plant Type:
Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:
Leaves dark green, ovate 12-25cm x 10-18cm wide, with 3 or 5 lobes; florets enclosed in hollow stem; fruit obovate, mostly 4-7cm long, green, ripening to purplish-brown (syconium).
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Round
Texture:
Very coarse
Mature Height:
2 - 3m
Mature Spread:
3 - 4m
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China (W. Asia, E. Mediterranean)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Specimen plant, Urban agriculture
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Palmate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Lustrous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Colour in Fall:
Yellow
Shapes:
Ovate
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Palmately lobed
Inflorescence Type:
Flowers clustered, Head-like
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Number Of Petals:
0
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Not showy, Green, Pink, Red (must cut open immature 'fruit' to see the flowers.)
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun
Additional Info:
Florets in a syconium
Fruit Type:
Drupe, Multiple fruit
Fruit Colour:
Green, Purple, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Aug, Sep
Additional Info:
Not showy, Accessory tissue, Called a syconium, a fruit type only found in figs - formed by an enlarged, fleshy, hollow receptacle with multiple ovaries on the inside surface.
Bark Morphology:
Smooth
Bark or Stem Colour:
Grey, Tan
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant)
