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

Jose B. Ruiz / Cultivated Fig tree with props {Ficus carica} Formentera Is, Balearics, Spain

Philippe Clement / Figs ripening on Fig tree (Ficus carica), botanical garden, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Figs ripening on Fig tree (Ficus carica), botanical garden, Belgium

Staffan Widstrand / Figs ripening on Fig tree {Ficus carica} Greece