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Fig trees shaped human history

Interesting read.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170116-the-tree-that-shaped-human-history


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It was not a fig tree but its distant relative (like mulbery is)  that is called "Peeple" with tiny fruit and different leaves and the tree grows much bigger in size than figs can grow.
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Enjoyed that article Simon.

Thanks for sharing
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A bit of history, mystery, science, and codswollop. In the best BBC form. Thank you I enjoyed the article. :)
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You must know Skip!

He sent me the same link.
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Hah I don't know him but "fig" minds think alike. Glad you guys/gals liked the article. 
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This is so good someone else started another thread, LOL
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ha ha! Yeah, i missed the first post!  Dang, i thought- this time, im gonna be the first!  Im gonna get 1000 views!  Everyone's gonna love me  for this!  Reality hits hard. I'm gonna be a day late......

johnny
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Originally Posted by OttawanZ5
It was not a fig tree but its distant relative (like mulbery is)  that is called "Peeple" with tiny fruit and different leaves and the tree grows much bigger in size than figs can grow.


The Peeple (or Pipal / Peepul) is indeed a fig tree. The species is Ficus religiosa. But to look at it you wouldn't imagine it could be related to the edible fig. That said, the Ancient Greeks who travelled to India with Alexander the Great in 326 BCE saw another kind of strangler fig (Ficus benghalensis - the banyan) and were able to deduce that it was a fig based on the similarity of the insides of its small figs to those of the Ficus carica growing back home in Greece.
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Originally Posted by Sliang_25
Interesting read. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170116-the-tree-that-shaped-human-history


Thanks for sharing my article on this Forum, Sliang_25. I hope you liked it.
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