caprifig


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Synonyms for caprifig

wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs

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Chemical composition and antibacterial activity of a hexane extract of Tunisian caprifig latex from the unripe fruit of Ficus carica.
Furthermore, it is possible to obtain vigorous young plants (Length, number of leaves, and cumulative growth) from cuttings of cultivars "Bouharrag" (Caprifig), "Bayoudhi" (Common fig), "Rogabi," and "Zidi" (Smyrna fig).
Mars, "Assessment of pollen viability, germination, and tube growth in eight tunisian caprifig (Ficus carica L.) Cultivars," ISRN Agronomy, vol.
Modern commercial cultivation of fresh figs for the consumer market usually focuses on artificially selected parthenocarpic cultivars that do not need pollination to produce ripe fruit, but there are still some caprifig orchards in South Africa that depend on the long-established populations of B.