I finally got the hard-bound book "Ladders to Heaven".
I enjoyed reading it all from front to back.
Basically, it is ALL about the 'generic' FICUS species, and how they shaped the insect, bird, animal, human, etc. evolution.
Also mention how ficus species helped to establish 'healthy' green misc. tree 'forests'.
There is some hint that the forbidden GardenOfEden fruit for Adam & Eve was actually a fig (rather than an apple?).
Heck, I've seen naked pics of both of them with just a big 'fig-leaf' covering their private parts ...
UNIQUE, an outside-in flowering-fruit, with specific fig wasps helping out, randomly fruiting anytime thru the year, it was a good source of food for many.
Mentions are the F.benjamina, F.religiosa, F.banyan, F.sycomorus, (F.many root-stranglers), our F.carica fig plus some more ...
Do not expect any discussion if F.carica 'Violette de Bordeaux' (VdB) is the same as 'Petite Nigra' (PN) or of any other varieties taste better, are hardier, or, etc .
Just a mention that we humans, much liked THE F.carica one and we later learned to selectively propagate the-best by just putting some sticks in the ground ...
Here is a useful huge list F.species web site:
http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Moraceae/Ficus/
And yes, my name is included at the end in the 'Supporters' list.
One very other important observation, our good planet Earth is good for all life.
Very lucky with temperatures sustaining a LIQUID life-giving water (&O2).
We are just a lucky speck of dust within the very huge infinite universe.
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