sycamore fig
fig-mulberry
ficus sycomorus latin

The area is renowned for its many large sycamore fig trees.

Some contend, however, that this name denotes the sycamore fig of Luke 19:4.

Other fruits that were eaten were the date, pomegranate and sycamore fig.

Before becoming a prophet, Amos was a sheep herder and a sycamore fig farmer.

Fruit, such as the sycamore fig, carob, mulberry, and possibly the apple were also eaten.

Described as a short man, Zacchaeus climbed up a sycamore fig tree so that he might be able to see Jesus.

Built on the lands of the depopulated Arab village of al-Jiyya, it was named after the large sycamore fig trees in the area.

Today Kozan is a city surrounded by vineyards, gardens and groves of cypress, sycamore fig, orange and lemon trees.

There was the artificial lake, sur-rounded by flowering oleanders and jasmines and shaded by sycamore fig trees.

Looking about her, she chose a spot where flowers had been planted in a little bed near the lake and where a sycamore fig tree gave welcome shade.

The camp is raised on wooden decks, with five en-suite tents and a dining area that is surrounded by sycamore figs and wild date palms.

Grapes and watermelon were found throughout predynastic Egyptian sites, as were the sycamore fig, dom palm and christ's thorn.

The sycamore fig tree is one of the largest trees growing in Botswana, typically found in the Okavango delta growing up to 20 metres.

Kfar Saba also appears in the Talmud in connection to corn tithing and the Capharsaba sycamore fig tree.

The virgin forests of the islands have large number of tree species of tamarinds, Wild Palms, Sycamore figs, papyrus swamps, the lake shore forests.

The pillars supporting the high-peaked roofs are simply the bleached and polished trunks of dead sycamore figs, and the bare decks are fashioned from the same pale timber.

Lower Galilee is defined in the Bible as the area south of Kfar Hananya where the Sycamore Fig tree grows (Ficus sycomorus).

The following day they moved up from the shack of crude thatch and canvas at the old camp under the sycamore fig trees, and a pair of swallows moved in with them.

Try to imagine a national park the size of Israel, with huge tracts of acacia, sycamore figs and bushwillow interrupted by open savannah, rushing rivers and the occasional rocky bluff.

Sycamore figs grow at a low elevation, lower than the Tekoa of Judah, which is at a relatively high elevation of 850 metres (overlooking both Jerusalem and Bethlehem).

They believe that it is more probable that Amos was from the North because it has conditions more suitable for the cultivation of sycamore figs than the Tekoa of the South.

Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the Mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times.

The sycamore fig (ficus sycamorus) was very common in the warmer parts of Israel and was grown primarily for its wood, but it provided a steady supply of small figs, eaten mainly by the poor.

Common trees are the mopane, baobab, marula, acacia, camel thorn, motopi (shepherd's tree), wild date palm, papyrus, sycamore fig tree, real fan palm, African mangosteen and the sausage tree.

Fruit species that this species may feed on include figs, such as the Sycamore Fig and others, marulas, date palm fruit, berries from species such as wild olive Olea europaea spp.

In the original Greek, it would mean 'fig-mulberry'.

Ficus sycomorus ssp.

At the entrance of the holy area are two wild fig trees called kiltu (identified as Ficus sycomorus) in the Oromo language.

Sycomore Fig (Ficus sycomorus) A fig species native to Africa and Lebanon.

Represents a very important regional ecosystem known as chaparral sub-mountainous, with beautiful forests (Oaks, Alders and Ficus sycomorus).

The sycamore (Ficus sycomorus) and tamarisk trees were sometimes planted in front of temples, as they were at the temple of Nebhepetra, from the 11th century.

Ficus sycomorus is native to Africa south of the Sahel and north of the Tropic of Capricorn, also excluding the central-west rainforest areas.

The Ancient Egyptians cultivated Ficus sycomorus from predynastic times, and in quantity from the start of the third millennium BCE.

The name "sycamore" originally belongs to the fig species Ficus sycomorus native to southwest Asia (this is the sycamore or sycomore referred to in the Bible).

Lower Galilee is defined in the Bible as the area south of Kfar Hananya where the Sycamore Fig tree grows (Ficus sycomorus).

The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ficus sycomorus, Ficus infectoria, Ficus glomerata and Ficus benghalensis.

Critical food resources for the species are Ficus sycomorus which fruits year round, and Phoenix reclinata which is also a primary food species and fruits when others do not.

Trees found here include; Ficus sycomorus, Ficus polita, Quinine Tree (Rauvolfia caffra) and Fever Tree (Acacia xanthophloea).

Ficus sycomorus, called the sycamore fig or the fig-mulberry (because the leaves resemble those of the Mulberry), sycamore, or sycomore, is a fig species that has been cultivated since ancient times.

The larvae feed on Theobroma cacao, Tectona grandis, Ficus exasperata, Ficus aspersifolia, Ficus sycomorus, Laportea peduncularis, Fleurya ovalifolia and Boehmeria species.

Some North American species are called sycamores (especially Platanus occidentalis), although that term also refers to either the fig Ficus sycomorus, the plant originally so named, or the Great, or Sycamore Maple, Acer pseudoplatanus.

They inhabit riparian forest, woodland and savanna, where they associate with fruiting trees, especially wild fig (Ficus) species, including Ficus sycomorus and Ficus sur, and in cities the ornamental Chinese banyan.

The flora includes Albizzia gummifera, Bridelia micrantha, Cyperus papyrus, Diospyros mespiliformis, Ficus sycomorus, Ficus verruculosa, Isoberlinia spp., Khaya senegalensis, Parkia filicoidea, Phoenix reclinata, Syzgium cordatum, and Syzgium owariense.