{"id":27071,"date":"2021-07-27T09:35:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T07:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/?page_id=27071"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:58:59","slug":"higuera","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/jardin-de-los-honoris\/higuera\/","title":{"rendered":"Fig tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">Common name: Fig tree<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">Scientific name: <em>Ficus carica, L.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">Honorary Doctorate: Luc\u00eda Izquierdo &#8211; Daughter-in-law of<a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/2022\/01\/14\/miguel-hernandez\/\"> Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a>. (10\/19\/1998) (specimen obtained from Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s fig tree)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">Honorary Doctorate: <a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/2018\/06\/28\/acto-de-clausura-del-curso-academico-2017-2018-e-investidura-como-dr-honoris-causa-de-d-tino-villanueva\/\">Tino Villanueva<\/a>. (06\/28\/2018)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Higuera-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27074\" src=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Higuera--300x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Higuera--300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/files\/2021\/07\/Higuera-.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ORIGIN: It comes from Asia. Some texts say it could be one of the first plants cultivated by humans.<\/p>\n<p>CHARACTERISTICS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Its leaves are deciduous.<\/li>\n<li>Depending on the variety, it can have one or two fruiting seasons per year. When it does, the first and largest fruit of the season is called a breba, and the second fruiting (at the end of August) is called a fig.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>INTERESTING FACTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Natural pollination occurs thanks to the action of small wasps.<\/li>\n<li>You should be careful with its sap because it can cause allergic reactions on your skin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>USES:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LEAF: A great preservative; you can store fruits and vegetables in them or even wrap cheeses.<\/li>\n<li>FOOD: In addition to enjoying its delicious fresh fruit, you can also consume it as dried fruit.<\/li>\n<li>MEDICINAL: Its fruits (fresh or dried), ingested in a normal dose, reduce constipation. There are many home remedies for skin conditions, cholesterol, as an anti-inflammatory, and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common name: Fig tree<br \/>\nScientific name: Ficus carica, L.<br \/>\nHonorary Doctorate: Luc\u00eda Izquierdo &#8211; Daughter-in-law of Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez. (10\/19\/1998) (specimen obtained from Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s fig tree)<br \/>\nHonorary Doctorate: Tino Villanueva. (06\/28\/2018)<\/p>\n<p>ORIGIN: It comes from Asia. Some texts say it could be one of the first plants cultivated by humans.<br \/>\nCHARACTERISTICS:<\/p>\n<p>Its leaves are deciduous.<br \/>\nDepending on the variety, it can have [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3285,"featured_media":0,"parent":25517,"menu_order":22,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3285"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27071\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocolo.umh.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}