Juan Manuel Borrero / Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) roots and tree. Cultivated in Antonio Borges Gardens, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) roots and tree. Cultivated in Antonio Borges Gardens, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Edwin Giesbers / Fig tree (Ficus carica)

Edwin Giesbers / Fig (Ficus carica), unripe fruit on tree. Cyprus. April.

Bruno D'Amicis / Rural landscape with cultivated fields, isolated old fig trees (Ficus sp.) and dry stone walls. Bahir Dar, Lake Tana Biosphere Reserve. Ethiopia December 2013.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Fig (Ficus carica) developing fruit, Heraklion, Crete, April

Nick Upton / Figs ripening on Common Fig Tree (Ficus carica). Isle of Samos, Greece, July.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cultivated Fig tree (Ficus carica) with over-ripe fruit, bursting after autumnal rains. Italy, Europe.

Paul Harcourt Davies / Cultivated Fig tree (Ficus carica) with over-ripe fruit, bursting after autumnal rains. Italy, Europe

Jean E. Roche / Cultivated fig tree {Ficus carica} with developing fig, France

Jose B. Ruiz / Cultivated fig tree {Ficus carica} with developing fig, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Fig tree (Ficus carica) growing out of rubble of disused mine building, Riotinto, Huelva, Spain