Figs are the fruit of the fig tree Ficus Carica, which belongs to the Moraceae family.
The protein found in dried figs is the best and most beneficial for gain weight.
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The common fig tree, Ficus carica, is a symbol of the Mediterranean Basi n, where it has been cultivated for thousands of years.
Together with the vine and the olive tree, it forms the trinity of the fruits of this region of the world.
Today, figs are considered the oldest domesticated fruit.
Indeed, in 2006, 9 parthenocarpic fig trees (whose cultivation required human intervention) were discovered in the Jordan Valley (Palestine).
Its antiquity shows that the cultivation of this fig reaches 9400 BC, that is, it was domesticated at the same time as rice in Asia, and a thousand years before wheat, barley and legumes.
A very productive fig, it was widely cultivated by the Egyptians, Jews and Persians.
The Greeks and Romans ate both fresh and dried figs.
In the time of Pliny the Great, twenty-nine different species were already listed.
In France, fresh figs appeared in the markets of the capital only in the 14th century.
During the reign of Louis XIV, seven hundred fig trees were planted by La Quintini for the royal table.
The fig is not a fruit in the botanical sense of the word.
It is actually a fleshy vessel which, when ripe, contains an aggregate of scattered acini in an edible pulp.
Figs fall into three main categories: green or white, black or purple, and gray or red.
Locally, there are several species such as the Algerian fig, Sonia Wolfe fig, white Argentine fig, Brunswick fig, black fig, dotato fig, and Turkish fig.
The fig is the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge in Genesis.
Today, the annual world production of figs is estimated at about 1 million tons.
The main producing countries of this fruit are Turkey with an annual harvest of 170,000 tons, Egypt with 122,000 tons, Algeria with 120,000 tons, Morocco with 115,000 tons, Spain, Iran and Syria.
The French production of figs for fresh consumption is three thousand five hundred tons, concentrated in the south-east of France, with a still active market in Saulieu-Pont (Var).
The fig is a fleshy and sweet fruit that everyone knows.
However, it is not just any fruit, because it was consumed by the peoples of the ancient civilizations of the world (in ancient Greece it was known as the fruit of the philosophers), it was even considered a sacred tree.
It is now widespread in most countries where it is generally welcome.
In addition, in recent years it has been increasingly demanded in the market due to the interest due to the presence of sugars, minerals and antioxidants, which give it a high nutritional value.
