Hello, Figs are Not fruit!!

[315]

I don't know what they are but Fig Newtons slap

I remember as a kid wondering who the hell is Fig Newton and why does he have a snack named after him

 

[5n0man]

Store bought figs aren't pollinated by wasp.

 

[s@n]

Tired of everyone calling it a fruit

Figs are technically not fruit, they're actually inverted flowers. They require a specific kind of pollination that can only come from fig wasps wasps that have to DIE INSIDE the fruit in order for the fruit to mature, since figs cannot be pollinated by wind or normal bees.

And no ripe figs are not full of dead wasps and the "crunchy bits" in the fruit are only seeds. The fig actually produces an enzyme called ficain (also known as ficin) which digests the dead wasp and the fig absorbs the nutrients to create the ripe fruits and seeds.

Commercial figs are not grown with the use of wasps. Raw figs in nature are made this way, though

 

[Neuromancer]

I thought fruit meant it had seeds in or on it?

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Jesus' favorite food is figs

Jesus needs to step his fruit game up then

 

[feelosofer]

Huh. You learn something new everyday.

 

[Geode]

Never thought I'd be learning about figs on the coli.