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31. Wild Fig 



Ficus 



All varieties of these fruits, particularly the largest figs, may 

 be eaten raw. The plants grow wild in almost all parts of the 

 Caribbean region. The leaves are large and long, the fruit 

 closely resembles the cultivated fig. It is rounded and soft 

 with a tiny hole at the top, and is filled with sweet pulp and 

 minute seeds. The stems of wild figs often curl themselves 

 tightly around other trees, strangling and finally killing them. 

 Other names for the wild fig are higo, higuero, higueron, amate, 

 matapalo and jagiiey (Cuba). 



