Opuntia ficus-indica, the Indian fig opuntia, fig opuntia, or prickly pear, is a species of cactus that has long been a domesticated crop plant grown in agricultural economies throughout arid and semiarid parts of the world. [3] O. ficus-indica is the most widespread and most commercially important cactus.

The cactus fig is called tzabar in Hebrew (Hebrew: צבר). This cactus is also the origin of the term sabra used to describe any Jew born in Israel. The allusion is to a thorny, spiky skin on the outside, but a soft, sweet interior, suggesting, though the Israeli sabras are rough on the outside, they are sweet and sensitive once one gets to ...

2020年1月9日 · Uzbek Yellow is a prolific, mid-season variety that produces big fruits of quite flat shape. Taste is sweet with distinctive fruit-jelly flavor and absence of acidity. It is self-fruitful (no pollination needed). Pictured fruits are from a pot and if planted in-ground figs will be even bigger in size. Leaves have interesting shape to them.

Spiky Fig tree branches. Branches of the fig tree growing out from the host tree. It is fruiting high up in the canopy (20m high) where the fig tree grows on another host tree. Ficus Cucurbitina, the Spiky Fig, is definitely the world's spikiest fig. Many fig fruits are hairy but none has evolved to have really rigid and sharp hairs like this fig.

A large squirrel enjoying the fruits of the Spiky Fig. Looks like this guy knows how to carefully remove the spiky skin of the fruit. Colour variation occurs among populations distributed across Sundaland. Habitat: Found on this Spiky Fig tree (Ficus Cucurbitina) in a logged forest. Notes:

A flock of these large green pigeons on the Spiky Fig tree in a misty morning. Birds with small beaks like these pigeons can easily get into the flesh of the fig bypassing the sharp hairs. Epiphytic fig like this spiky fig depends on canopy birds like these to disperse its seeds onto another host tree.

2025年1月16日 · The spiky fruit you’ll often find in Italy, particularly in the southern regions like Sicily, is the prickly pear. Known in Italian as “fichi d’India” or “figs of India,” this vibrant and intriguing fruit is not only a culinary delight but also a symbol deeply intertwined with the region’s history and culture.

The fig is the edible fruit of Ficus carica, a species of small shrub in the flowering plant family Moraceae, native to the Mediterranean region, together with western and southern Asia. It has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world.

Spiky Fig fruit & leaves. Ficus Cucurbitina, the Spiky Fig, is definitely the world's spikiest fig. Many fig fruits are hairy but none has evolved to have really rigid and sharp hairs like this fig. These sharp hairs are strong and sharp enough to pierce a human skin.

Spiky Fig. Ficus Cucurbitina, the Spiky Fig, is definitely the world's spikiest fig. Many fig fruits are hairy but none has evolved to have really rigid and sharp hairs like this fig. These sharp hairs are strong and sharp enough to pierce a human skin.