I just returned back from a long trip in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Grenada.
While driving up the mountainous roads in Grenada I spotted a large fig tree.
As I stopped to look at it, the owner was there I asked him is this your tree? he said yes. Do you know what it is?. is it poisonous?
He was picking them under ripe and trying to eat them.
I had to explain to him the what it is. The name fig is used for bananas in the Caribbeans. He said that he got it from someone not knowing what it was and it's only 2 years old. The trees grow and bear throughout the year's there.
Main problem is growing them in a spot where it has good drainage.