The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

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Figs are plants of the genus Ficus, woody trees and shrubs from the Mediterranean and Asia Minor. The common edible fig is the fruit of Ficus carica, a small tree with large, rough, leathery leaves lobed like a hand, rough green branches and almost sessile fruits of peculiar internal structure, consisting of a large, much curved receptacle on which are borne numerous unisexual flowers interspersed with hairs.
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