How is it possible that the fig fruit is actual it's flower? do we find more examples as this one?

Question

How is it possible that the fig fruit is actual it's flower? do we find more examples as this one?

Answer 1

The common fig doesn't really need pollination in order to develop fruit,  though insects can gain access to the 'flower' via the immature fruit.

Figs originated from Asia, and it may be that they developed this survival method due to low availability of insects etc.

If you think of cucumbers etc, where the immature fruit sits behind the flower,  figs are kind of a reversal of this, with the immature fruit dominating a tiny flower structure.

Hope this helps. Good luck!  Rob

Answer 2

its very simple: D

The fruit only appears if there is fecundation, which allows the plant to reproduce.

The fruit contains the seeds that will origin a new plant.

Another example its the orange.

Cheers

Answer 3

After reading the other answer I'm not sure about it, oranges have blossoms before the fruit forms.

See photo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ysaleth/236...

Artichokes don't have blossoms they just grow the fruit.

that is really all I can think of although there are probably more.

The only reason I know this is because this is my first year to grow them.