Figs are famous for being plants that bear fruit without blooming flowers. However, the flowers of figs are actually inside the fruit. The outer skin that we commonly know as the fig fruit is actually the inflorescence, and the densely packed red flesh is the actual flower. So, if the flowers are inside the inflorescence, how does the fig get fertilized and spread its seeds?
The secret to pollinating fig flowers lies with the fig wasp. The fig wasp and the fig tree have an astonishing symbiotic relationship. To learn more about the fascinating story of the fig wasp and the fig tree, please check out the main episode!
#Fig #Wasp #Flower
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[참고 자료]
David Johnson., (2016). "The wonderful world of figs."
James M. Cook et al., (2003). "Mutualists with attitude: coevolving fig wasps and figs."
Michael J. Wade., (2007) "The co-evolutionary genetics of ecological communities."
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