#fig_tree__figtree any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature
supertype: #tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
member of: #genus_Ficus
subtype: #common_fig_tree__fig__common_fig__Ficus_carica Mediterranean tree widely cultivated for its edible fruit
subtype: #caprifig__Ficus_carica_sylvestris wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs
subtype: #golden_fig__Florida_strangler_fig__strangler_fig__stranglerfig__wild_fig__Ficus_aurea a strangler tree native to southern Florida and West Indies; begins as an epiphyte eventually developing many thick aerial roots and covering enormous areas
subtype: #Indian_banyan__banyan__banyan_tree__banian__banian_tree__East_Indian_fig_tree__Ficus_bengalensis East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks
subtype: #pipal_tree__pipaltree__pipal__pipul__peepul__sacred_fig__bo_tree__Ficus_religiosa fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists
subtype: #India-rubber_tree__India-rubber_plant__India-rubber_fig__rubber_plant__Assam_rubber__Ficus_elastica large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
subtype: #mistletoe_fig__mistletoefig__mistletoe_rubber_plant__Ficus_diversifolia__Ficus_deltoidea shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
subtype: #Port_Jackson_fig__rusty_rig__rustyrig__little-leaf_fig__Botany_Bay_fig__Ficus_rubiginosa Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood
subtype: #sycamore_fig__sycamore__mulberry_fig__Ficus_sycomorus thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground; produces cluster of edible but inferior figs on short leafless twigs; the Biblical sycamore
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