Ficus carica L.
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Authority
Popenoe, Wilson. 1924. Economic fruit-bearing plants of Ecuador. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 24: i-ix, 101-134. pl. 34-49.
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Family
Moraceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - [No description provided.]
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Discussion
It is very successful as a fruit-bearing tree, and its cultivation might profitably be extended, in certain regions, to place it upon a commercial basis. There are as yet no commercial plantations in Ecuador. Two sorts of figs, both doubtless brought from Spain in colonial days, are cultivated in Ecuador: one is black fruited, the other white or, properly, preen. There is much confusion in regard to the application of the names higo and breva. By some Ecuadorians the largest fruits of the black fig are called brews, ana all others higos. Properly speaking, there are higos and brevas of both varieties, the name depending only upon the time of ripening. Luis Cordero says: "The fig * * * grows and fruits well in protected sections of both provinces (Azuay and Cafiar), especially in Gualaceo and Paute. The earliest fruits are called brevas, because of the promptness of their ripening; the later and smaller ones are properly called higos. The green variety, which is called "higo blanco", was brought from the north only a short time ago. It is cultivated with success, and is highly appreciated for its sweetness of flavor and delicacy of texture."
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Common Names
higo, breva