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Strangler fig

By Pitta

23 Oct, 2009
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A rainforest Ficus, strangler fig . a seed is passed through a bird via its droppings onto a high tree branch. the seed germinates , lets down roots from high in the canopy, eventually the roots enter the ground , more roods decend until there are many . over many years the strangler fig begins to enclose the host tree until its dead The fig remains and the host tree rots inside the network of roots.Figs are edible