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Friday, July 6, 2012

Ficus sp.

1st fig harvest 2012
from the young 10' Ficus sp. living in our back yard...


plant energetics:
fertility  longevity  sanctity  survival
"Ficus is a relatively ancient genus being at least 60 million years old, and possibly as old as 80 million years. The main radiation of extant species, however, may have taken place more recently, between 20 and 40 million years ago" [5]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficus

for more information on food and medicine;
http://www2.bioversityinternational.org/publications/web_version/500/ch04.htm
http://www.academicjournals.org/ajpp/pdf/pdf2011/March/Khan%20et%20al.pdf
http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/5/1/20
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:AihUCqknJbAJ:revista.seaic.es/julio99e/203-208.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjCJn_Z-Nyt4QG0ymcop-q8Z34HoTK1pKgg-IERPJaTXJXbvbjTqPsFd6iU3PGb3UHeOMMz5JNcI1VxOqh2jDfRSpl8D8hYWj-heG87htwuz7DZfKllYG4inMd9Tfx6VVEFLP66&sig=AHIEtbShVxyNGYyUC0mGTai75dbXi3o52w





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