Bio Diversity Park

Common Name : Common fig

Hindi Name : अंजीर | Scientific Name : Ficus carica
Family : Moraceae
Uses : Figs are eaten dry and fresh; however, as fresh figs are highly perishable they are largely consumed near production areas. Figs are nutritious fruits rich in fiber, potassium, calcium, and iron. It is used as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for food. Fig fruits have been used all over the world to treat various health disorders such as gastric problems, inflammation, and cancer. Poultices from fresh or dried figs, fig leaves, or fig wines; lye from fig tree bark; or latex from stems and leaves have been used to aid in many conditions. Latex has been used as expectorant, diuretic, and anthelmintic, or to ameliorate anemia. Leaves are known for their antidiabetic and vermifugal effect. However, they also cause contact dermatitis in humans and phototoxicity in animals. Seeds are processed to edible oil or lubricants.
Native: E. Medit. to Central Asia and Afghanistan.
General Description:

It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is a deciduous Tree growing to 6 m (19ft) by 6 m (19ft) at a medium rate.
It is in flower from June to September, and the seeds ripen from August to September. The species is monoecious (individual flowers are either male or female, but both sexes can be found on the same plant). The plant is self-fertile. Suitable for light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. Suitable pH mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.