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The Story of Fig Trees Is the Story of Us
A quick tour of what makes fig trees so important, as a preview of what kinds of stories I will be sharing at Planet Ficus
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The Stranglers That Save Lives When Cyclones Strike
They are demonized as brutal killers but strangler figs can be lifesavers — of both plants and people.
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An Ancient Fig Tree Inspired Hundreds of Interconnected Artworks During The Pandemic
On a quiet day in June 2020, a stranger on a distant shore contacted me and blew my mind.
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Sacred Fig Trees Are Crucial For Biodiversity Conservation
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An Ancient Fig Tree Inspired Hundreds of Interconnected Artworks During The Pandemic
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The Stranglers That Save Lives When Cyclones Strike
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How Living Fig Tree Bridges Provide Lifelines In Extreme Weather
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The Fig Trees That Clothed Royalty
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Why Strangler Figs Are Associated With Ghosts And Goblins
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Planet Ficus Monthly Roundup #1
Lizards as seed dispersers. An 'assassinated' banyan. Rituals of Kenyan elders. Singaporean stamps. Hindu women's prayers. Award-winning authors. A new…
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How Living Fig Tree Bridges Provide Lifelines In Extreme Weather
In 1841, a young Scotsman called Henry Yule was exploring the Khasi Hills of north-east India when he came upon something no other European had ever…
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Sacred Fig Trees Are Crucial For Biodiversity Conservation
When Tarsh Thekaekara and Shruti Agarwal spotted a lone fig tree in sea of tea bushes in southern India, they knew it had to be special.
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Why Strangler Figs Are Associated With Ghosts And Goblins
No trees are home to a more motley mix of supernatural creatures than the strangler figs, whose eerie aerial roots are adept at seizing imaginations in…
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The Fig Trees That Clothed Royalty
An ancient biomaterial making a 21st-century comeback could change millions of lives
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Welcome to Planet Ficus
Astounding stories of how fig trees shaped humanity and the world about us.
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Astounding stories of how fig trees shaped humanity and the world about us.
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