Description: The fig tree is originated from tropical zones, but its cultivation is also very frequent in Mediterranean regions. In the Quinta da Vitoria there were several fig trees. This tree of small dimensions was planted in the vegetable garden. (*)
Provided by: Jaisinh Calanchande e Pedro Calanchande, both Portuguese. The former was born in Mozambique and the latter one was born in Portugal.
Present Location: Quinta da Vitoria
Last revision date: March 2016
(I) Numbering in accordance with the archive of trees and plants identified in the Quinta da Vitoria 2012 and 2013.
(II) Mabberley, David J. Mabberley´s Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classifications and Uses. Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(*)Testimonies of residents gathered in a set of recorded conversations in the neighborhood of Quinta da Vitória and later to your demolition, recorded in Lisbon, Loures and London between July 2012 and October 2014 .