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Are you a fig lover? I always loved how delicate they taste like 🥰
The first clip shows the seed of a fig while the second clip shows very pointy structures I believe are sclereids! These sclereids, which are pointy like daggers, help protect the fruit from predators and support the nearby tissues.
Fig trees are from the genus Ficus which includes around 600 to 2000 different species but only a handful of them bear edible fruits. The Ficus carica species is amongst the most cultivated trees in the world! It’s mostly grown in tropical, sub-tropical and Mediterranean regions and are thought to have originated in Western Asia. Nowadays, Tunisia and Egypt are the largest fig producers, representing around 50% of the world’s production. The US ranks number 6 in fig production, which is around 4.6% of the world’s production!
Not only figs are beautiful and very tasty, they’re also super nutritious and are rich in fibers, potassium, calcium and iron. The levels of these nutrients are even higher than common fruits like apples, strawberries, bananas and grapes. Figs are also a great source of vitamins, amino acids and antioxidants which help us prevent the growth of tumour cells. It has also been shown that fig varieties with dark skin possess higher antioxidant activity! Don’t get me wrong though, eating figs won’t cure you or prevent diseases from developing but they’re promising candidates for the development of new drugs, that’s for sure.
What I find fascinating about figs is that they have a complex obligatory mutualistic symbiosis with their pollinators, which are called fig wasps. A mature female wasp enters the immature fruit and deposits her eggs. While entering the fruit by a very small opening called the ostiole, she brings some pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This action pollinates some of the flowers inside the fig and allows the fruit to mature. As the fruit matures, wingless male wasps emerge from their eggs and reproduce with females. The females now carrying eggs and pollen can now get out of the fruit and the cycle can start again!
Ps. I haven’t found any wasps in the figs, I promise 😂
Video taken with my iPhone mounted on a BA310E Motic microscope with an @ilabcam ultra adapter 🔬
References:
Badgujar, S. B., Patel, V. V., Bandivdekar, A. H., & Mahajan, R. T. (2014). Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Ficus carica: A review. Pharmaceutical biology, 52(11), 1487-1503.
Crisosto, H., Ferguson, L., Bremer, V., Stover, E., & Colelli, G. (2011). Fig (Ficus carica L.). In Postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruits (pp. 134-160e). Woodhead Publishing.
The first clip shows the seed of a fig while the second clip shows very pointy structures I believe are sclereids! These sclereids, which are pointy like daggers, help protect the fruit from predators and support the nearby tissues.
Fig trees are from the genus Ficus which includes around 600 to 2000 different species but only a handful of them bear edible fruits. The Ficus carica species is amongst the most cultivated trees in the world! It’s mostly grown in tropical, sub-tropical and Mediterranean regions and are thought to have originated in Western Asia. Nowadays, Tunisia and Egypt are the largest fig producers, representing around 50% of the world’s production. The US ranks number 6 in fig production, which is around 4.6% of the world’s production!
Not only figs are beautiful and very tasty, they’re also super nutritious and are rich in fibers, potassium, calcium and iron. The levels of these nutrients are even higher than common fruits like apples, strawberries, bananas and grapes. Figs are also a great source of vitamins, amino acids and antioxidants which help us prevent the growth of tumour cells. It has also been shown that fig varieties with dark skin possess higher antioxidant activity! Don’t get me wrong though, eating figs won’t cure you or prevent diseases from developing but they’re promising candidates for the development of new drugs, that’s for sure.
What I find fascinating about figs is that they have a complex obligatory mutualistic symbiosis with their pollinators, which are called fig wasps. A mature female wasp enters the immature fruit and deposits her eggs. While entering the fruit by a very small opening called the ostiole, she brings some pollen she picked up from her original host fig. This action pollinates some of the flowers inside the fig and allows the fruit to mature. As the fruit matures, wingless male wasps emerge from their eggs and reproduce with females. The females now carrying eggs and pollen can now get out of the fruit and the cycle can start again!
Ps. I haven’t found any wasps in the figs, I promise 😂
Video taken with my iPhone mounted on a BA310E Motic microscope with an @ilabcam ultra adapter 🔬
References:
Badgujar, S. B., Patel, V. V., Bandivdekar, A. H., & Mahajan, R. T. (2014). Traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Ficus carica: A review. Pharmaceutical biology, 52(11), 1487-1503.
Crisosto, H., Ferguson, L., Bremer, V., Stover, E., & Colelli, G. (2011). Fig (Ficus carica L.). In Postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruits (pp. 134-160e). Woodhead Publishing.
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