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Some tropical primates live on a diet of over 80% figs. Roman champions ate figs. Figs are a densely mineralized sweet fruit and contain one of the highest concentrations of calcium of any food. Fig trees are great to have because they don't take a lot of space and they don't get diseases or insects. A very no-care plant. Originally from the mediterranean area, they grow well almost anywhere in the world, even in places where it snows, as long as they are kept out of the cold north winds. They are high in protein, seriously high in fiber, highly alkalizing. Coffee substitute, helps quit smoking, aids fertility, good for bodybuilding. Figs are ready to eat when they don't have the white milky sap inside them anymore and the insides start turning darker. You can eat figs fresh off the tree, or dry them, freeze them, use them as sweeteners in salads, smoothies, sandwiches etc. Do NOT eat them unripe while they still have white milky sap (latex). No visible flowers

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Yablowicz et al., "Antioxidant activities and anthocyanin content of fresh fruits of common fig (Ficus carica L.)," Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, vol.

Propagation of some local fig (Ficus carica L.) cultivars by hardwood cuttings under the field conditions in Tunisia

Grown mainly in the hotter, drier parts of the world such as the eastern Mediterranean, North Africa and the Middle East, the common fig has evolved into many cultivars, from the smaller green Alma, through the popular Kadota (where most of your fig rolls come from) to the supreme Black Mission fig, grown almost exclusively these days in California, with its sweetly-perfumed flesh and jet black coat.

Fresh and fruity fig rolls

Tobacco, chocolate, chasteberry, bitter yam, yerba mate, beehive ginger, bread palm, common fig, silktree, black pepper, wintersweet, coconut, rehmannia, and whisk fern were obtained from the University of Michigan Matthaei Botanical Gardens.

Naturally occurring neuronal NO-synthase inactivators found in Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae) and other plants

Incidentally 'the ill-fated palm trees which used to adorn the ICC mall' are still there and thriving - except they are common fig trees of the type that can be found in many a shopping mall.

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