Fig trees
Sycamore fig, Ficus sycomorus
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Ficeae
Genus:	Ficus L.
Species
About 800, see text

Common fig fruit

A common fig syconium (fruit)

Inside of a ripe brown Turkish fig

Fig (genus Ficus) is a soft, sweet fruit. Its skin is very thin and has many small seeds inside of it. There are more than 850 kinds of Ficus, the fig tree.

The fruits can be eaten when ripe and when dried. Figs grow in warm climates. Sometimes, figs are made into jam. Figs are also in a popular snack.

Figs are pollinated by fig wasps.