Fiku

Na fiku ʻO ia ka hua ʻai o Ficus carica, he ʻano lāʻau a kumu laau i laau paha o ka ʻohana mea kanu pua ʻo Moraceae, maoli i ka ʻāina Mediterranean, me ke komohana a me ka hema o ʻĀkia. Ua mahi ia mai ka wa kahiko mai a ua ulu nui ia ma ka honua a puni.

ʻO ka lāʻau fiku he lāʻau māhele lau a kumu lāʻau nui paha, e ulu ana a hiki i 7–10 m (23–33 ft) lōʻihi, me ka ili keokeo pahee. ʻEkolu a ʻelima mau lobes hohonu kona mau lau nui. ʻO kona hua (no ke ʻano i kapa ʻia ʻo syconium) he ʻano waimaka, 3–5 cm (1–2 in) lōʻihi, ʻōmaʻomaʻo mua akā hiki ke oʻo a hiki i ka poni a ʻeleʻele paha, a he ʻiʻo ʻulaʻula palupalu palupalu i loko o nā ʻanoʻano ʻano nui. ʻO ka kohu waiu o nā ʻāpana ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka mea kanu he mea hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili kanaka. Ma ka ʻĀkau pōʻalo, aia nā hua fiku hou mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻAukake a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ʻOkakopa. ʻAʻole lākou i ka maloʻo haʻahaʻa o ke kau a hiki ke ulu a hiki i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kauwela wela.

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