#moraceae

[francescointoppa]

Tronco di Fico comune (Ficus carica L., Moraceae)

[written-nature]

Although the Chinese didn't immediately think of it as a writing material (preferring split bamboo for everyday use, and silk for high-status texts) paper found a multitude of applications across the Chinese empire while the codex spread across the Roman Mediterranean and Near East. Usefully, it could be made from a variety of raw materials; hemp, mulberry bark and old fishing nets all made good paper, and linen fibres, readily available in the form of worn-out underwear, worked particularly well.

"The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper" - Roland Allen

[terranlifeform]

Fig tree (Moraceae) in French Guiana

Julien NKS

[stopandlook]

Scientific Name: Maclura pomifera Common Name(s): Osage-orange, bois d’arc, bodark, horse apple, hedge apple Family: Moraceae (mulberry) Life Cycle: Perennial Leaf Retention: Deciduous Habit: Tree USDA L48 Native Status: Native Location: Carrollton, Texas Season(s): Spring

Texas’s ugliest fruit is a harsh assessment.

[annimovsisyan]

Can fig trees regrow lost rainforests?

“By themselves the figs could build a forest,” ecologist EJH Corner wrote almost a century ago. Now a fascinating book, Gods, Wasps, and Str

[syngoniums]

Further into the park: a late recovering date palm, stagnant water, ironweed, and a fig returning from the base. There are tadpoles in the abandoned pool.

[ahighschoolhorticulturist]

My plant guy was having a sale. I couldn’t help but get some larger plants than what I already have!

[rattyexplores]

𝑬𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒆𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒂

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This caterpillar doesn’t change too dramatically through instars.

The first instars Maintain the stripes, although not too much detail is there. Those black appendages are also straight, and not curled at the tip.  The other instars have the bright orange patterns pictured above.

The eggs have yet to be photographed

The food plant is often in the Apocynaceae family. This includes:

Nerium oleander “Oleander”

Adenium obesum “Desert Rose”

Marsdenia suaveolens “Scented Milkvine”

Parsonsia straminea “Silkpod”

Secamone elliptica “Cork Vine”

And also in the Moraceae family. This includes:

Ficus benjamina “Weeping fig”

Ficus coronata “Sandpaper fig” 

Ficus macrophylla “Morton Bay fig”

Ficus virens “Manbornde”

The caterpillar, when threatened, will curl its head under its body.

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