Ficus Carica Sylvestris (Noun)
Meaning
Wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Ficus carica sylvestris is often employed in commercial fig cultivation to provide pollen for the feminine flowers of other fig varieties.
- Growers have harvested pollen from ficus carica sylvestris for the purpose of manually pollinating other types of fig trees.
- The similarity in appearance between ficus carica sylvestris and domestic figs allows for the coexistence and cross-pollination of both species.
- Cross-pollination from a ficus carica sylvestris offers an optimal environment for certain edible fig varieties to produce fruit.
- Breeders extract pollen from ficus carica sylvestris for the purpose of aiding the fertilization process of commercially produced common figs.