I know this tree .
THIS IS NOT A FIG TREE !
This is not related to fig at all
The fruits are edible and big as a golf ball usually. Sometimes some are as big as an apple . They do smell good but not tasty at all if not Yuck ! . Nobody want to eat them because the seeds are big and not edible .More for kids to play and for decoration
There is a fairy story about it
I do not want to have it in my garden because people said that the smell draw bad spirits .
In my country (Viet Nam ) there are 3 kinds of figs
- One is a religious fig producing small fruits that are not edible . Look like a big seed (Cay Bo De)
- Big fig tree with lots of tiny fruits around the branches (Cay Sung) . Mostly for birds not for us to eat
- Another variety grown mostly in Center Vietnam. (Cay Va). Fruits are flat . People dont eat them ripe (I never see a ripe one in my life) but blanch them when they are still green to make a salad dish with shrimp + pork + peanut + dressing
I was born in Hue City (old capital )
Viet Nam has no Ficus Carica, until lately imported from the US .
They call TRAI SUNG MY (American fig) does not matter if the variety comes from Spain, Greece, France , Turkey or wherever .