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Strangler Figs Ficus |
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 © 2001 (photograph by:Paul Heideman) |
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Strangler figs are often huge, dwarfing a human in the forest. Their fruits, which frequently grow directly from the branches and even the trunk, are a crtical food resource for dosens of species. |
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