Ficus carica 'Magnolia' (Magnolia Fig) - 1 Photos - Ficus/carica/Moraceae - Plant Profile

Attributes

Insects, wasps and birds eat the fruit

This is probably the largest fig available on the market. The asymmetric fruit has a bronze skin and an amber flesh. Ripens from mid-July through August. Pick fruit as early as possible because of the open ostiole or it would split and turn sour easily. Magnolia is best suited for preserving.

Life Cycle:

Woody

Recommended Propagation Strategy:

Stem Cutting

Layering

Play Value:

Edible fruit

Wildlife Food Source

Fruit

Fruit Description:

The infructescence is a ripened receptacle (syconium), not an ovary, that forms in late summer or fall on new wood. The large, asymmetric fruit has a bronze skin and an amber flesh. Ripens from mid-July through August. Fruits develop without the need for cross pollination.

Fruit Color:

Red/Burgundy

Brown/Copper

Fruit Value To Gardener:

Edible

Good Dried

Display/Harvest Time:

Summer

Fall

Fruit Length:

1-3 inches

Fruit Width:

1-3 inches

Flowers

Flower Description:

Magnolia Fig has minute, petalless flowers that are in the stem tip on the leaf axils.

Flower Color:

Green

Flower Inflorescence:

Insignificant

Flower Bloom Time:

Spring

Flower Size:

< 1 inch

Leaves

Leaf Description:

The green leaves are large and thick, are 5-10 inches long and 4-7 inches across and deeply, palmately lobed with three to five sinuses lobed. The upper surface is green and rough with hairs and the underside is paler and smooth.

Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics:

Deciduous

Green

Simple

Alternate

Palmatifid