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Anybody can recognize this fig variety??

Found this growing semi-wild. Anybody knows what variety is this?
Is it edible?
It looks so beautiful!

Enjoy!


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Your right beautiful. Your so luckey to live were you can just take cutting from different types of figs edible or not. That one would just make a wunderfull plant

Thanks, Richie! I love it here too :)

I have not taken any cuttings, only took a few photos with the fig's permission!

Looks like a mulberry, they have very broad range of leaf types since they are wild seedlings. I use to have one in my yard with those same leaves.

Thank you, Justin.
What mulberry variety has those leaves?
I am more familiar with the mulberry roundish leaves.

Hi greenfig,
I don't think that this is a fig tree.
It looks like a yearly plant .
Does that thing have a true trunk ?
I think I saw a kind of "Hibiscus like", a "hibiscus moscheutos", that had those leaves when young with the big hibiscus like flowers later.
But the plant is small to be sure ...

" Broussonetia papyrifera "
It is edible and very sweet.

Thank you, all!!
What a diverse variety of plants! Wow!
I will check every one .
At the moment, it is not a huge tree but a 6-7 ft plant with a 3/4" trunk. It has no flowers or fruit yet.
I only was attracted by the beautiful leaves.

I second Paper Mulberry (aka Sand paper Mulberry).  I had no idea it is edible let alone sweet, thanks.

 Бруссонетия pollen used in NBS, Russia to create new hybrid varieties of figs.

plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/74

That's it!

Preventative
Do not plant paper mulberry.
Educate homeowners and others on its invasive nature so it is not planted in landscapes.

Should knock on the door and offer the real stuff :)
Although the Ficus Carica is even more invasive :(

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Originally Posted by Vladis
 Бруссонетия pollen used in NBS, Russia to create new hybrid varieties of figs.


That's very interesting.  Have they released any selections?  Are they more cold hardy like the paper mulberry parent?  Thank you for that information.  If you have any more on this it would be very appreciated.

Hey Greenfig,
One more tree with a complicated fruition .
That tree specie is dioïque ... Is yours a boy or a girl ? The owner will need both plants to get the edible fruits . Edible but not really good from what I read. Here it is sometimes called "Spanish Mulberry".
Apparently the tree suckers a lot along her roots ... So you may be able to get a plant later from one of the suckers . Just ask that the lawn mower leaves one alive for you .

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Originally Posted by GregMartin
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Originally Posted by Владис
 Бруссонетия пыльца используется в НБС, России, чтобы создать новые гибридные сорта инжира. [/ QUOTE] Это очень интересно. Были они выпустили любые выборы? Являются ли они более морозоустойчив, как бумага шелковицы родителя? Спасибо за эту информацию. Если у вас есть больше на это было бы очень признателен. [/ QUOTE] Hybrids are not widespread in the Soviet Union. Frost hybrids remained the same as in the variety of fig, who participated in the process of hybridization. For new hybrids in the NBS also used pollen white mulberry, black mulberry, kudranii.

Thank you Vladis.  So are these examples where the pollen stimulates seed formation, but does not provide genetic material to the resulting seeds?

GregMartinI am not a nerd, I find it difficult to comment on your question.

 
 
 

Ok, thank you Vladis :)