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Confused Fig Tree!

I have been trying to Identify a certain fig variety for about a year now. It is proving to be a hard thing to do. This tree does not stop changing its leaf pattern for some reason. It started with 7 lobed leaves then it shifted to 3 lobed leaves mysteriously! Now it is putting out 5 lobed leaves!
I just wanted to share this with everybody as I find it really strange.
Here are some pictures I tried to remember the sequence of leaf patterns as hard as I could. It is very close though.

Picture 1: They started like that when I bought it, it was slim with 7 lobes. This has 6 and a half lobe.
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Picture 2: They then started to get fatter.
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Picture 3: And fatter.
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Picture 4: Then suddenly I got these small leaves after the summer heat.
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Picture 5: After adding manure and some lime it started leafing this shape.
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Picture 6: These are 5 lobed leaves that it made.
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Picture 7: They are getting fatter.
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Picture 8: Then suddenly I see this leaf! It got curled because it is fairly new growth.
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A fruit is forming, Hopefully It will ripen so I can post it for ID.
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Any early ideas on what it could be?
Thanks for viewing, enjoy the pictures.
 
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It's a Pokémon tree. You will wake up one morning and it will have changed into a pomegranate.
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Welcome to the hell that is fig identification.

Leaves from Raspberry Latte. Any plant could be either leaf, or both.

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Oddly Jon, the Raspberry Latte you sold me ahs all the left-depicted leaves and none of those on the right, all with the red stems.

But, you are right (of course). I have a Salce that has just the spade-type leaf growing on the main trunk and  all multi-lobed leaves on a side shoot.
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Haha! I think it is cool to have a tree with no known pattern. Looks weird :p
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I have two lattes. One has the leaf pattern on the left and the other has the leaf pattern on the right.strange
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The ripe fruit would give the most (Primary) information for ID-ing it, then the overall conclusion of series of leaf shapes (as secondary factor) in ID-ing, the tree's growth habit, the ripening time and how long the season lasts... all will contribute to ID-ing a fig.

and these all will be considered pre-historic when the Gene Identification or DNA testing becomes a common practice (in near future).
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Originally Posted by Aaron4USA
The ripe fruit would give the most (Primary) information for ID-ing it, then the overall conclusion of series of leaf shapes (as secondary factor) in ID-ing, the tree's growth habit, the ripening time and how long the season lasts... all will contribute to ID-ing a fig.

and these all will be considered pre-historic when the Gene Identification or DNA testing becomes a common practice (in near future).

Very informative, thanks!
DNA testing for figs would make it weird don't you think? But still, you would know for sure you have a specific variety even before your cutting develops much. Saves alot of time.
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