Becky’s #SquaresRenew
Growing straight
from the tree.
Am I burgeoning?
renewing?
Am I emerging?
The real story?
I am cauliflory.
Like all Ficus trees, Sandpaper Fig flowers ‘outside-in’ — its flowers form on the inside of its fruiting body — and can only be fertilised by a particular family of wasp. This fig species bears its fruit on its trunk as well as on its stems: a phenomenon known as “cauliflory”. Fruits ripen from January to June and may be plucked straight off the tree or collected off the ground.
The Sandpaper Figs fruit can be eaten fresh (after removing the furry skin) or dried, or cooked into cakes, pies, biscuits, jellies, jams or sauces, they have a sweet, slightly tart flavour. Mature fruits are edible but are not as palatable as immature fruits.
I couldn’t find a good fig song. As the Sandpaper Fig fruit isn’t all that tasty, I thought Sour Cherry was close enough
REF: https://tuckerbush.com.au/sandpaper-fig-ficus-coronata/
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