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Ficus platypoda fruit development

Ficus platypoda has large persistent bracts that cover the mature fruit which is unusual for Australian figs.  In most fig species the bracts that cover the immature fruit will fall off early in the...

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Early sexual maturity, from hybrid vigor?

When growing fruit trees from seed you can be in for a painfully long wait before getting your reward. From the many hundreds of fig seedlings I’ve grown, only a handful have reached sexual maturity....

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