A study published in 2021 records fig (Ficus carica) among the perennial crops cultivated on high-altitude agricultural terraces of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in northern Oman.
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A study published in 2021 records fig (Ficus carica) among the perennial crops cultivated on high-altitude agricultural terraces of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in northern Oman.
GRIN lists native areas for fig in North Africa, parts of Asia and the Mediterranean, but notes that its exact native range is obscure. It records naturalization in, among other places, Cabo Verde, parts of Portugal and Spain, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and the Galápagos Islands, and widespread cultivation in the tropics and subtropics.
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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats
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Flora of Pakistan describes the fig as cultivated and subspontaneous in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, Iran, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and introduced in cultivation elsewhere.
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